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Description & Citation--Study No. 31

Bibliographic Description

Study No.:

31

Title:

Demographic Characteristics of the Population of Detroit, 1850-1880

Principal Investigator(s):

Vinyard, Jo Ellen

Bibliographic Citation:

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. doi:10.3886/ICPSR00031.v1

Scope of Study

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.

Subject Terms:

census data, demographic characteristics, ethnicity, family, family size, foreign born, German Americans, household composition, Irish Americans, nationality, native born, nineteenth century, occupations, personal wealth, place of birth, population, school age children, urban areas

Geographic Coverage:

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Time Period:
  • 1850--1880

Universe:

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

Data Types:

census data

Methodology

Sample:

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

Data Source:

United States Censuses of 1850 and 1880

Extent of Processing:

All archived data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. The archive 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, the archive performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

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

Access and Availability

Note:

Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.

Original ICPSR Release:

1984-05-10