IPUMS Variables (P-T)

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IPUMS Data Quality Flags Description

IPUMS Variables Quick Reference

P

Variable Name	Variable Description	Rec	Variable Description	Codes and Frequencies	1850	1860	1870	1880	1900	1910	1920	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
PAGENO	Microfilm page number	H	Desc		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	.	.	.	.	.	.
PAUPER	Pauper	P	Desc	Codes	X	X	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
PERNUM	Person number in sample unit	P	Desc		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
PERSCARE	Personal care limitation	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X
PERSPROP	Value of personal estate	P	Desc		.	X	X	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
PERWT	Person weight	P	Desc		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
PFARMSCH	Person received farm schedule	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	X	X	.	.	.	.	.	.
PHONE	Telephone availability	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	X	X	X
PLUMBING	Plumbing facilities	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	X	X	X
POPLOC	Father's location in household	P	Desc		.	.	.	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
POPRULE	Rule for linking father	P	Desc	Codes	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
POVERTY	Poverty status	P	Desc		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	X	X	X	X
PROPINSR	Annual insurance cost	H	Desc		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X
PROPTX99	Annual real estate taxes, 1990	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X
PROPTXIN	Annual property taxes and insurance cost	H	Desc		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	.
PSA	Planning service area	H	Desc		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	E
PUMA	Public use microdata area	H	Desc		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X
PUMATYPE	Area type, 1990	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X
PWCITY	Place of work: city	P	Desc		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	S,M	X
PWCNTYGP	Place of work: county group	P	Desc		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	S,M	.
PWMET98	Place of work: SMSA, 1980	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	S,M	.
PWMETRO	Place of work: metropolitan area	P	Desc		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	S,M	X
PWPUMA	Place of work: PUMA	P	Desc		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X
PWSIZE	Place of work: place size	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	UR	.
PWSTATE1	Place of work: state, 1960 and 1970	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	F2	.	.
PWSTATE2	Place of work: state, 1980 and 1990	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	X
PWTYPE	Place of work: metropolitan status	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	F2	S,M	M
PWURBTYP	Place of work: urbanized area	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	UR	.

Q

Variable Name	Variable Description	Rec	Variable Description	Codes and Frequencies	1850	1860	1870	1880	1900	1910	1920	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
QTRUNEMP	Quarters unemployed last year	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	X	X	X	.	.	.	.	.	X	.

R

Variable Name	Variable Description	Rec	Variable Description	Codes and Frequencies	1850	1860	1870	1880	1900	1910	1920	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
RACE	Race -- General	P	Desc	Codes	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
RACE	Race -- Detailed	P	Desc	Codes	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
RADIO	Radio	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	F1	.	.
RCLASSWK	Class of worker, labor reserve	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	SL	.	.	.	.
RCVDAY	Day census office received form	H	Desc		.	.	.	X	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
RCVMO	Month census office received form	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	X	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
REALPROP	Real estate value	P	Desc		X	X	X	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
RECTYP	Record type	H	Desc	Codes	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
RECTYP	Record type	P	Desc	Codes	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
REEL	Microfilm reel number	H	Desc		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	.	.	.	.	.	.
REGION	Census region and division	H	Desc	Codes	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
RELATE	Relationship to household head -- General	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
RELATE	Relationship to household head -- Detailed	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
RENT	Monthly contract rent	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	.	X	X	X	X
RENTGRS	Monthly gross rent	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	X	X	X
RENTMEAL	Meals included in rent	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X
RESPOND	Respondent's relationship to head	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	.	.	.	.	.
RESPONDT	Respondent indicator	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	.	.	.	.	.
RIDERS	Vehicle occupancy	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	X
RIND	Industry, labor reserve	P	Desc		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	SL	.	.	.	.
ROCC	Occupation, labor reserve	P	Desc		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	SL	.	.	.	.
ROOMS	Number of rooms	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	X	X	X

S

Variable Name	Variable Description	Rec	Variable Description	Codes and Frequencies	1850	1860	1870	1880	1900	1910	1920	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
SAMEMET1	Lived in same SMA 1 year ago	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	SL	.	.	.	.
SAMEMET5	Lived in same SMA 5 years ago	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	.	.	.	S,M	.
SAMEPLAC	Lived in same incorporated place 5 years ago	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	.	.	.	.	.
SAMESEA1	Lived in same SEA 1 year ago	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	SL	.	.	.	.
SAMESEA5	Lived in same SEA 5 years ago	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	.	.	.	.	.
SAMP1960	Report form, 1960	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	.	.	.
SAMPRULE	Sampling rule	H	Desc	Codes	X	X	X	X	.	.	X	.	.	.	.	.	.
SCHLMNTH	Months in school	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	X	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
SCHLTYPE	Public or private school	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	F2	X	X
SCHLVOC	Vocational training	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	F1	.	.
SCHOOL	School attendance	P	Desc	Codes	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	SL	X	F2	X	X
SEA	State economic area	H	Desc		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	.	.	.	.
SECHOME	Second home	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	F1	.	.
SEI	Duncan Socioeconomic Index	P	Desc		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
SELFWTHH	Self-weighting sample identifier	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	X	.	.	.	.
SELFWTSL	Self-weighting sample line person	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	SL	SL	.	.	.	.
SERIAL	Household serial number	H	Desc		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
SERIAL	Household serial number	P	Desc		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
SEWAGE	Sewage disposal	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	F2	X	X
SEX	Sex	P	Desc	Codes	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
SHOWER	Bathtub or shower	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	X	.	.
SICKNESS	Sickness	P	Desc		.	.	.	X	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
SIZEPL	Size of place	H	Desc	Codes	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	.	.	S,M	X
SLPERNUM	Sample line person number	H	Desc		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	X	.	.	.	.
SLREC	Sample-line person identifier	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	X	.	.	.	.
SLWT	Sample line weight	P	Desc		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
SPAN95	Spanish surname, 1950 basis	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	.	.	.	.
SPANAMER	Spanish-American recode, 1970	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	F2	.	.
SPANNAME	Spanish surname	P	Desc	Codes	X	X	X	X	.	.	X	X	X	X	X	X	.
SPEAKENG	Speaks English	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	X	X	X	.	.	.	.	X	X
SPLOC	Spouse's location in household	P	Desc		.	.	.	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
SPRULE	Rule for linking spouse	P	Desc	Codes	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
SSENROLL	Social security enrollment	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	SL	.	.	.	.	.
STATEFIP	State (FIPS code)	H	Desc	Codes	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	S,M	X	X
STATEICP	State (ICPSR code)	H	Desc	Codes	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	S,M	X	X
STEPMOM	Probable step/adopted mother	P	Desc	Codes	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
STEPPOP	Probable step/adopted father	P	Desc	Codes	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
STORIES	Stories in structure	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	F1	X	.
STREET	Street address	H	Desc		.	.	.	X	.	.	X	.	.	.	.	.	.
SUBS4050	Subsample, 1940 and 1950	H	Desc		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	X	.	.	.	.
SUBSAMP	Subsample number	H	Desc		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
SUPDIST	Supervisor's district number	H	Desc		.	.	.	X	.	.	X	.	.	.	.	.	.
SURSIM	Surname similarity	P	Desc	Codes	X	X	X	X	.	X	X	X	X	.	.	.	.

T

Variable Name	Variable Description	Rec	Variable Description	Codes and Frequencies	1850	1860	1870	1880	1900	1910	1920	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
TAXINCL	Mortgage payment includes property taxes	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	X
TOILET	Flush toilet	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	X	.	.
TRANTIME	Travel time to work	P	Desc		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	X
TRANWORK	Means of transportation to work	P	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	F2	X	X
TRUCKS	Trucks and vans available	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	.
TV	Television set	H	Desc	Codes	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	X	F1	.	.

Availability Key

All Years

1940 and 1950

1970

1980

1990

X

=

Available in all samples in this year

SL

=

Available only for sample-line persons

F1

=

Form 1 samples (5%)

S

=

State sample ("A" or 5% state)

S

=

State sample, Flat sample (5% state)

.

=

Not available in this year

F2

=

Form 2 samples (15%)

M

=

Metro sample ("B" or 1% county group)

M

=

Metro sample (1% metro)

S

=

State sample

UR

=

Urban/Rural sample ("C" or 1% urban/rural)

E

=

Elderly sample

M

=

Metro samples (county group)

N

=

Neighborhood samples