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

Published: Mar 25, 2008

Principal Investigator(s):
Jo Ellen Vinyard

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

Version V1

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Project Description

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. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-03-25. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00031.v1

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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 United States Michigan

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

1850 -- 1880

Methodology

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

Data Type(s)

census data

Version(s)

Original Release Date

1984-05-10

Version Date

2008-03-25

Version History

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.

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.

This study is provided by ICPSR. ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community.