00 = No second father of this person in the household.
Description
POPLOC2 is a constructed variable that indicates whether the person has two fathers who live in the same household and, if so, gives the person number of the second father (PERNUM). This variable is only non-zero when the parents identified for a child are both men. The method by which probable child-father links are identified is described in POP2RULE.
POPLOC2 makes it easy for researchers to link the characteristics of children and their (probable) fathers.
If the person identified with POPLOC2 has a spouse or partner identified through SPLOC, the spouse or partner will also be identified as a parent through POPLOC. POPRULE will communicate the method through which those relationships are identified.
Comparability
Due to variation in the information available for linking mothers and children, there are some differences across years. For example, in 1968 and before, there is no "grandchild" value in RELATE. In these samples, "other relatives" who are under 22 are allowed to link to both "Other relatives" and to the "Child" of head as a father when the age difference is appropriate. See the detailed notes on allowed links in POPRULE.
RELATE in years prior to 1997 referred to the relationship between a person and the family reference person, whereas after 1997 it referred to the relationship to the household reference person (with the relationship to the family reference person being indicated by FAMREL). For all years, POPLOC2 is assigned within family (FAMNUMR), so the effect of the change in RELATE is minimized.
Comparability with IPUMS-USA
The development of new family interrelationship variables was prompted by the desire to have more comparability between different IPUMS projects and over time. The family interrelationship variables use common logic across different IPUMS projects. Each project has different allowed links because of different level of detail in each project, but the logic of assigning parents in ambiguous situations is the same.
Universe
- 1963-2018: All persons.
Availability
- 1963-2018
Weights
- No weights are available for this variable. Please refer to POPLOC2 for more information.
