Demographic Characteristics of Washtenaw County, Michigan, in 1860 (ICPSR 8445)

Published: Apr 12, 1999

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Principal Investigator(s):
Maris A. Vinovskis

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08445.v1

Version V1

Summary

The names and occupations of inhabitants of Washtenaw County, Michigan, were transcribed from the 1860 Census enumerations to construct this data collection. In addition to demographic characteristics such as age, sex, and race, information is provided for each individual on property value, place of birth, school attendance, literacy, and physical or mental handicaps. The record for each individual includes "dwelling" and "household" codes, allowing users to analyze the data by family or by housing unit.

Citation

Vinovskis, Maris A. Demographic Characteristics of Washtenaw County, Michigan, in 1860. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999-04-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08445.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Time Period(s)

1860

Universe

Population of Washtenaw County, Michigan, living in households.

Data Source

Census records from 1860

Data Type(s)

census/enumeration data

Original Release Date

1985-12-20

Version Date

1999-04-12

Version History

1999-04-12 SAS and SPSS data definition statements have been prepared and are now available with this collection. Also, the codebook has been converted to a PDF file.

1985-12-20 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.

Notes

  • Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.

  • The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented.
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