Description

Data quality flag for RACE, RACAMIND, RACASIAN, RACBLK, RACPACIS, RACWHT, RACOTHER and RACNUM, RACESING, PROBAI, PROBBLK, PROBOTH, PROBWHT, PROBAPI.
Users should note that race questions were not asked in the Puerto Rican censuses prior to 2000.

1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
0 - Unaltered case
2 - Logical hand edit by Census Office or by census sample research staff
3 - Logical computer edit by IPUMS
4 - Hot deck allocation by IPUMS

1940, 1950
0 - Unaltered case
1 - Logical edit, original value inconsistent
2 - Logical edit, original value illegible
3 - Logical edit, original value missing
4 - Hot deck allocation, original value inconsistent
5 - Hot deck allocation, original value illegible
6 - Hot deck allocation, original value missing
7 - Cold deck allocation, original value illegible
8 - Cold deck allocation, original value missing or inconsistent

1970
0 - Unaltered case
4 - Allocated (method not specified)

1980
0 - Unaltered case
3 - Logical edit, allocated from relative, this household
4 - Allocated from non-relative, this household
5 - Hot deck allocation
7 - Cold deck allocation

1990, 2000, 2010, ACS, PRCS
0 - Unaltered case
3 - Logical computer edit by IPUMS
4 - Allocated (method not specified)

Comparability

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• 1990: All samples
• 1980: All samples
• 1970: All samples
• 1960: 5%
• 1950: All samples
• 1940: All samples
• 1930: All samples
• 1920: All samples
• 1910: All samples
• 1900: All samples
• 1880: All samples
• 1870: 1%; 100%
• 1860: 1%; 100%
• 1850: 100%

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• 1990: --
• 1980: --
• 1970: --
• 1930: All samples
• 1920: All samples
• 1910: All samples

Flags

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Editing Procedure

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