Household Record Items on the 1950 Public Use Sample
Character Location Name Item Description H1 RECTYPE Record type: Household (H) H2-7 HHID Household identification number H8-9 RECNUM Header record identifier H10-11 SUBSAMPL Subsample number H12-15 HHWT Sampling weight for household H16 SELFWTHH Self-weighting sample identifier H17 VERIFY Verified data record H18-19 PERSONS Number of persons in household unit H20 REGION Census region H21 DIVISION Census division H22-23 STATE State of residence H24-26 SMA Standard Metropolitan Area H27-29 CCSMA Central city of Standard Metropolitan Area H30 METRO Metropolitan status H31-33 SEA State Economic Area H34-41 EDSIMIL Enumeration District match identifier H42 HHCOMP Household composition H43 FARM Household on farm H44 SUBFAM Number of subfamilies in household H45 SECFAM Number of secondary families in household H46 HHRACE Race of household head H47-49 HHAGE Age of household head H50 ACREAG Acreage of nonfarm house location H51 FARMDQ Data Quality Flag H52 HHRACEDQ Data Quality Flag H53 HHAGEDQ Data Quality Flag H54 ACREAGDQ Data Quality Flag H55-133 Filler Zero filler
Sample Line Record Items on the 1950 Public Use Sample
Character Location Name Item Description S1 RECTYPE Record type: Sample line (S) S2-7 HHID Household identification number S8-9 RECNUM Sample line record identifier S10-11 PRECNUM Person record identifier (RECNUM) of sample line person S12-13 STAT49 State of residence, 1949 S14-15 CTRY49 Country or U.S. territory or possession of residence, 1949 S16-18 SMA49 Standard Metropolitan Area, 1949 S19 METR49 Metropolitan status, 1949 S20-22 SEA49 State Economic Area, 1949 S23-24 DIVS49 Census division, 1949 S25 REG49 Census region, 1949 S26 FARM49 Farm residence, 1949 S27 MIGSTA Migration status classification S28-31 MIGDIS Mileage between 1949 and 1950 counties of residence S32 SAMHOU Lived in same house in 1949 and 1950 S33-34 SAMSMA Lived in same Standard Metropolitan Area in 1949 and 1950 S35 SAMSEA Lived in same State Economic Area in 1949 and 1950 S36-37 CTRYF Father's country of birth S38-39 CTRYM Mother's country of birth S40-41 SCHATT Highest grade of school attended S42 SCHFIN Whether finished school grade attended S43 ENROLL Attended school since February 1, 1950 S44-45 SCHOOL Highest grade of school completed S46-48 WKJBSK Number of weeks seeking work S49-50 WKWORK Weeks worked in 1949 S51-53 EARN Annual wage and salary income in 1949 S54-56 BUSINC Net business income in 1949 S57-59 OTHINC Net income from other sources in 1949 S60-62 TOTINC Total personal income in 1949 S63-67 FEARN Total wage and salary income of other family members S68-72 FBUSIN Net business income of other family members S73-77 FOTHIN Net income from other sources of other family members S78-80 FAMINC Total family net income from all sources S81 MILWW2 Military service during World War II S82 MILWW1 Military service during World War I S83 MILOTH Military service during period other than world wars S84-86 ROCCUP Occupation for labor force reserve S87-89 RINDUS Industry for labor force reserve S90 RCLASS Class of worker for labor force reserve S91 MULMAR Whether married more than once S92-93 MARDUR Duration of current marital status S94-95 CHILDS Number of children ever borne S96 STAT49DQ Data Quality Flag S97 CTRY49DQ Data Quality Flag S98 SMA49DQ Data Quality Flag S99 METR49DQ Data Quality Flag S100 SEA49DQ Data Quality Flag S101 DIVS49DQ Data Quality Flag S102 REG49DQ Data Quality Flag S103 FARM49DQ Data Quality Flag S104 MIGSTADQ Data Quality Flag S105 MIGDISDQ Data Quality Flag S106 SAMHOUDQ Data Quality Flag S107 SAMSMADQ Data Quality Flag S108 SAMSEADQ Data Quality Flag S109 CTRYFDQ Data Quality Flag S110 CTRYMDQ Data Quality Flag S111 SCHATTDQ Data Quality Flag S112 SCHFINDQ Data Quality Flag S113 ENROLLDQ Data Quality Flag S114 SCHOOLDQ Data Quality Flag S115 WKJBSKDQ Data Quality Flag S116 WKWORKDQ Data Quality Flag S117 EARNDQ Data Quality Flag S118 BUSINCDQ Data Quality Flag S119 OTHINCDQ Data Quality Flag S120 TOTINCDQ Data Quality Flag S121 FEARNDQ Data Quality Flag S122 FBUSINDQ Data Quality Flag S123 FOTHINDQ Data Quality Flag S124 FAMINCDQ Data Quality Flag S125 MILWW2DQ Data Quality Flag S126 MILWW1DQ Data Quality Flag S127 MILOTHDQ Data Quality Flag S128 ROCCUPDQ Data Quality Flag S129 RINDUSDQ Data Quality Flag S130 RCLASSDQ Data Quality Flag S131 MULMARDQ Data Quality Flag S132 MARDURDQ Data Quality Flag S133 CHILDSDQ Data Quality Flag
Person Record Items on the 1950 Public Use Sample
Character Location Name Item Description P1 RECTYPE Record type: Person (P) P2-7 HHID Household identification number P8-9 RECNUM Person record identifier P10-13 BRWT Sampling weight for person P14 SELFWTBR Self-weighting sample identifier P15 SLPERSON Census sample line person P16-17 RELATE Detailed relationship to household head P18 GQMEMB Group quarters membership P19-20 INSTYP 1950 basis institution type code P21 SEX Sex P22 RACE Race or ethnicity of person P23 SPANIS 1980 basis Spanish surname code P24 SPAN50 1950 basis Spanish surname code P25-27 AGE Age in years P28-29 BIRMO Birth month for persons under 1 year old P30 MARSTA Marital status P31-32 STATBI State of birth P33-34 CTRYBI Foreign country of birth P35-36 DIVSBI Census division of state of birth P37 REGBI Census region of state of birth P38 CITZEN Citizenship status of foreign born P39 ACTIVE Main activity last week P40 WKSTAT Whether worked last week P41 JOBSEK Whether looked for work last week P42 HAVJOB Whether had job last week P43 EMPLOY Employment status P44-45 HRWORK Hours worked during last week P46-48 OCCUP Current occupation P49-51 INDUS Current industry P52 CLASS Current class of worker P53 FAMUNIT Family unit membership P54-55 FAMSIZE Family size of unit indicated in FAMUNIT P56 FAMREL Family relationship summary P57 FAMTYPE Family type and presence of own children P58 SUBFUNIT Subfamily unit membership P59 SUBFSIZE Subfamily size for unit in SUBFUNIT P60 SUBFREL Relationship to head of subfamily P61 SUBFTYPE Subfamily type and presence of own children P62 SURSIM Surname similarity code P63 RELATEDQ Data Quality Flag P64 GQMEMBDQ Data Quality Flag P65 INSTYPDQ Data Quality Flag P66 SEXDQ Data Quality Flag P67 RACEDQ Data Quality Flag P68 SPANISDQ Data Quality Flag P69 SPAN50DQ Data Quality Flag P70 AGEDQ Data Quality Flag P71 BIRMODQ Data Quality Flag P72 MARSTADQ Data Quality Flag P73 STATBIDQ Data Quality Flag P74 CTRYBIDQ Data Quality Flag P75 DIVSBIDQ Data Quality Flag P76 REGBIDQ Data Quality Flag P77 CITZENDQ Data Quality Flag P78 ACTIVEDQ Data Quality Flag P79 WKSTATDQ Data Quality Flag P80 JOBSEKDQ Data Quality Flag P81 HAVJOBDQ Data Quality Flag P82 EMPLOYDQ Data Quality Flag P83 HRWORKDQ Data Quality Flag P84 OCCUPDQ Data Quality Flag P85 INDUSDQ Data Quality Flag P86 CLASSDQ Data Quality Flag P87 SURSIMDQ Data Quality Flag P88-133 Filler Zero filler