Codes
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class Sursim : public Editor {
public:
Sursim(VarPointer varInfo) : Editor(varInfo) {}
void edit() {
// If we call on the more complex USA based SURSIM it gets
// put in the edited buffer. It is built with
// edit_sursim() which is currently commented out.
// setData(getEdited());
long surn = napp_sursim(PERNUM());
setData(surn);
}
};
Description
SURSIM assigns the same code to all persons within each household who had the same surname. Persons coded 1, including the household head, had the same surname as the household head. Other surnames are assigned codes in the order in which they appear within the household on the census form. Persons within a household who shared a surname will have the same code for this variable.
Comparability — General
Surnames are reported in the alphabetic variable NAMELAST. This variable is compatible with the IPUMS variable SURSIM.
Many families in the Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish datasets do not have a shared family name, instead following patronymic naming conventions (where a child's last name is derived from his or her father's first name). Consequently, husbands and wives, as well as parents and children, frequently receive different SURSIM values.
Universe
Availability
- Canada: 1852, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
- Denmark: 1787, 1801
- Iceland: 1703, 1729, 1801, 1901, 1910
- Norway: 1801, 1865, 1875, 1900, 1910
- Sweden: 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910
- United Kingdom: 1851a, 1851b, 1851c, 1861a, 1861b, 1871b, 1881a, 1881b, 1891a, 1891b, 1901a, 1901b, 1911
- United States: 1850a, 1850b, 1860, 1870, 1880a, 1880b, 1900, 1910
