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Description

ENUMDIST identifies the number of the enumeration district in Norway and the United States.

In Norway, enumeration districts are contained within municipalities (which are identified in MUNICNO).

Enumerators for the 1875 Norwegian census sometimes used letters to distinguish between the enumeration districts. To make this variable numeric, we have converted the alphabetic suffix to numbers, so that A=1, B=2, C=3 and so forth. The last digit in this variable represents the suffix in the Norwegian enumeration district. For example, 0110 would mean the enumeration district had no alphabetic suffix, 0111 represents 011A, and 0113 represents 011C. The field is zero-filled for ships and for small towns. Enumeration districts without any suffix attached are also recorded in the unharmonized variable NO75A011.

In the United States, enumeration districts are unique within states. Users must read this variable in conjunction with one of the STATE variables (STATEUS or STATICUS) to distinguish among enumeration districts located in different states. Code "9999" indicates missing.

United States enumeration district numbers are four digits long and completely numeric, although the field occupies six columns. Users may reformat the variable as numeric as required. Codes 0000 and XXXX designate "Unknown."

United States enumeration district data in the NAPP variable, ENUMDIST, are mostly compatible with the IPUMS-USA variable ENUMDIST. The IPUMS-USA version is numeric, whereas the NAPP version is mostly numeric, with a few exceptions. Users may consult the enumerator instructions (for example, the 1880 enumerator instructions and the IPUMS procedural history of the U.S. census) for further detail on U.S. enumeration districts. Enumeration district maps are available from the National Archives and major research libraries.

Comparability

Although the ENUMDIST variable is available for both Norway and the United States, the structure of the two numbering systems is not related. NAPP combines data from the two countries into a single variable to save space in the file.

Universe

Codes

This is a 6-character string variable.

Availability

• Norway: 1865, 1875, 1900
• United States: 1880, 1880, 1900, 1910