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Description

RACE codes an individual's race into a variation of the three-digit classification of race used by the IPUMS.

Comparability

The 1901 Canadian census contains an enquiry about colour which has been integrated with the RACE variable. We have classified original responses of "yellow" as Chinese (400).

The Canadian census of 1881 enquired about a person's "origin," a different but overlapping concept. The 1881 Canadian Census project has retained a great deal of detail about Indian tribal affiliations in the variables ORIGIN and ORIGN2CA. In 1901 Canadian census, race was traced through the father among white. Persons of mixed white and red blood, breed was indicated. When several races are combined with the red, the entry was "other breed". Researchers interested in specific racial or ethnic populations residing in both Canada and the United States, such as the Chinese or people of African descent should use both sets of variables, ORIGIN and RACE.

Note that this variable is not completely compatible with the IPUMS variable RACE. NAPP has not allocated missing values, and does not have multiple race responses. The codes are compatible below code 800.

Universe

Availability

• Canada: 1901
• United States: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1880, 1900, 1910