Old Age in the United States, 1880 / Richard Jensen, Daniel Scott Smith, Mark W. Friedberger, Michel R. Dahlin, Janice Reiff.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Jensen, Richard.

Smith, Daniel Scott.

Friedberger, Mark W.

Dahlin, Michel R.

Reiff, Janice.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 8427.

ICPSR ; 8427

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--United States--History.

Older people.

Older people--United States--Social conditions.

History.

United States.

Social conditions.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

ICPSR edition.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1985.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This data collection describes the social conditions of the older population of the United States in the late nineteenth century. Variables include personal characteristics such as age, sex, marital status, race, birthplace, number of children, and occupation of sampled older persons. Detailed information, extracted from the 1880 United States Census manuscript census schedules, is provided on household composition and family structure. In addition, occupational and ethnic characteristics of family heads appearing on the same sampled census page as the older person (on census pages grouped by street location) are reported. The data collection consists of three independent samples: (1) a national sample, (2) a Southern urban sample, and (3) a Southern Black sample. Older Blacks are over-represented in the Southern urban and Southern Black samples in order to focus on their family experiences in the urban and rural South.

Contents:

Part 1: National Sample; Part 2: Southern Urban; Part 3: Southern Blacks; Part 4: SAS Proc Format for OSIRIS/LRECL National Sample Data; Part 5: SAS Input for OSIRIS/LRECL National Sample Data; Part 6: SAS Labels for OSIRIS/LRECL National Sample Data; Part 7: SAS Missing Value Recode for OSIRIS/LRECL National Sample Data; Part 8: SAS Format for OSIRIS/LRECL National Sample Data; Part 9: SPSS Data List for OSIRIS/LRECL National Sample Data; Part 10: SPSS Variable Labels for OSIRIS/LRECL National Sample Data; Part 11: SPSS Missing Value Recode for OSIRIS/LRECL National Sample Data; Part 12: SPSS Value Labels for OSIRIS/LRECL National Sample Data; Part 13: SAS Proc Format for Card Image National Sample Data; Part 14: SAS Input for Card Image National Sample Data; Part 15: SAS Labels for Card Image National Sample Data; Part 16: SAS Missing Value Recode for Card Image National Sample Data; Part 17: SAS Format for Card Image National Sample Data; Part 18: SPSS Data List for Card Ima...

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

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