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Title: Geographic Variables in the PUMS
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 1995
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Abstract: Describes the system developed to encode geographical data for the Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) of the 1850, 1880, and 1920 US censuses. PUMS are random samples of households taken from the US decennial censuses and coded into computer format for use by historians and social scientists. The Social History Research Laboratory at University of Minnesota has done much of the work for the 1850, 1880, and 1920 PUMS. The coding of birthplaces was a straightforward process, but determining the place of residence became more problematic due to differences in political jurisdictions at the local level and incomplete information. In many cases, publications by the Census Bureau had to be consulted. The PUMS does not distinguish between rural and urban dwellers because of the many gray areas that exist in the population totals. Therefore, this variable must determined by the individual researcher.
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Authors: Mulcahy, Matthew; Goeken, Ronald
Periodical (Full): Historical Methods
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Pages: 74-76
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