# Obtain preliminary 1-in-200 "Minnesota" 1900 sample?

**URL:** <https://forum.ipums.org/t/obtain-preliminary-1-in-200-minnesota-1900-sample/1957>\
**Category:** USA\
**Created:** [October 6, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/obtain-preliminary-1-in-200-minnesota-1900-sample/1957 "2017-10-06T12:54:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![droodman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@droodman](https://forum.ipums.org/u/droodman)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/obtain-preliminary-1-in-200-minnesota-1900-sample/1957/1 "2017-10-06T12:54:00Z")

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I am replicating a study that may have used the preliminary version of the “Minnesota” 1900 U.S. Census sample, which is 1-in-200. The final version sample is 1-in-100. See [https://web.archive.org/web/200306230…](https://web.archive.org/web/20030623064617/ipums.org/usa/sampdesc.html)

I am wondering if there is any way to obtain a snapshot of this preliminary 1-in-200 version. I have not found a download link or an appropriate field. E.g., SAMP1900 does not appear to help.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![droodman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@droodman](https://forum.ipums.org/u/droodman)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/obtain-preliminary-1-in-200-minnesota-1900-sample/1957/2 "2017-10-06T13:05:00Z")

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Oh, I think I got it:

[http://www.nber.org/IPUMS-98/data/](http://www.nber.org/IPUMS-98/data/)

[http://www.nber.org/IPUMS-98/data/ip1…](http://www.nber.org/IPUMS-98/data/ip19001.Z)

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**Author:** ![droodman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@droodman](https://forum.ipums.org/u/droodman)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/obtain-preliminary-1-in-200-minnesota-1900-sample/1957/3 "2017-10-06T13:25:00Z")

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Alas, no, the NBER snapshots have the Preston 1-in-760 sample, so that does not answer my question after all.

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**Author:** ![droodman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@droodman](https://forum.ipums.org/u/droodman)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/obtain-preliminary-1-in-200-minnesota-1900-sample/1957/4 "2017-10-06T13:58:00Z")

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I see a link to the file here, but unsurprisingly it doesn’t work anymore:

[https://web.archive.org/web/200210181…](https://web.archive.org/web/20021018184501/http://www.ipums.org:80/usa/samples.html)

The link is ftp://ftp.ipums.org/ipums/data/ip19001.Z

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**Author:** ![droodman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@droodman](https://forum.ipums.org/u/droodman)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/obtain-preliminary-1-in-200-minnesota-1900-sample/1957/5 "2017-10-12T18:31:00Z")

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I finally figured out that it is the odd-numbered reels from the 1-in-100 sample, which one can select using the variable REEL. Steven Ruggles confirmed via Twitter.