Demographic Characteristics of the Population of Detroit, 1850-1880 (ICPSR 31)

Version Date: Mar 25, 2008

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Principal Investigator(s):
Jo Ellen Vinyard

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00031.v1

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Summary

This data collection provides information for native-born Americans, Irish Americans, and German Americans living in Detroit, Michigan, between 1850 and 1880. Demographic variables provide information on age, sex, occupation, marital status, marriage patterns, ethnic background, place of birth, and spouse's and parents' place of birth. Additional information is provided on family size, number of children of adults, number of individuals in the house beyond the immediate family, total number of individuals in the nuclear family, position of individuals within the family, number of children eligible to be in school, activities of school-age children, adult male skill level, literacy level, length of time the family had been in the United States, ownership and value of real estate, constitutional and legal status, and physical condition.

Citation

Vinyard, Jo Ellen. Demographic Characteristics of the Population of Detroit, 1850-1880. [distributor], 2008-03-25. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00031.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

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Time Period(s)

1850 -- 1880
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Sample

Irish Americans, German Americans, and Native-born Americans residing in Detroit, Michigan

Universe

Individuals residing in Detroit, Michigan, between 1850 and 1880.

Data Source

United States Censuses of 1850 and 1880

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Original Release Date

1984-05-10

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Vinyard, Jo Ellen. DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION OF DETROIT, 1850-1880. ICPSR00031-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1991. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00031.v1

1984-05-10 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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