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Subject: RE: [TMG] 5.07 Age Variable
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 12:52:13 -0500
In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030701132137.0348de40@pop3.norton.antivirus>
Lee, thanks and gotcha. I never used the as-of dates simply because they
don't reflect the date the census was "taken", as you pointed out. Sounds
like it's time for me to reconsider that decision. <VBG>
-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Hoffman [mailto:]
wrote:
> I was trying to use the age variable for the pre-1850 census
>sentences so, of course, all I have is the year of enumeration.
The enumeration (or as of) date for the various US Censuses can be found in
the US Census Timelines. Note that all Cesus information is _supposed_ to
be corect for the enumeration date rather than the date the enumerator
actually gathered the data. The operative word here is _supposed_ as there
are instances where it is know that the enumeration was days (even weeks)
different and the information was based on the actual date rather than the
supposed enumeration date.
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