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Data Dictionary: Census 1960 Tracts Only Set
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Data Source: Social Explorer & U.S. Census Bureau - DUALabs
Universe: Population Age 14+
Variable Details
T40. Marital Status By Sex (100% Sample)
Universe: Population Age 14+
T040_008 Female:
Percent base:
Population 14 years and over (SE:T040_001)
Aggregation method:
Addition
Formula used to compute this variable:
Return_Value = ORG:A016_005 + ORG:A016_008 + ORG:A016_011 + ORG:A016_014 + ORG:A016_017 + ORG:A016_021 + ORG:A016_024 + ORG:A016_027 + ORG:A016_030 + ORG:A016_033
Variables used in the formula:
ORG:A016_005
White persons: Single: Female
ORG:A016_008
White persons: Married, not separated: Female
ORG:A016_011
White persons: Separated: Female
ORG:A016_014
White persons: Widowed: Female
ORG:A016_017
White persons: Divorced: Female
ORG:A016_021
Nonwhite persons: Single: Female
ORG:A016_024
Nonwhite persons: Married, not separated: Female
ORG:A016_027
Nonwhite persons: Separated: Female
ORG:A016_030
Nonwhite persons: Widowed: Female
ORG:A016_033
Nonwhite persons: Divorced: Female
Relevant Documentation:
Excerpt from: Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; U.S. Censuses of Population and Housing: 1960. Census Tracts. Final Report PHC(1)-11. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1962.
  Census Tract Data, 1940-1970: Elizabeth Mullen Bogue File -> Census Tracts -> Population Characteristics -> Marital status
Marital status
This classification refers to the person's marital status at the time of enumeration. Persons classified as married comprise, therefore, both those who have been married only once and those who remarried after having been widowed or divorced. The enumerators were instructed to report persons in common-law marriages as married and persons whose only marriage had been annulled as single. Separated persons are included in the count of married persons.