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2020 The Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2016 - 2020
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PRI_2020_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Mortgage status (PR2020A_MORTGAGE)

Data file: PRI2020_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 153
End: 153
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Housing</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Please answer the following questions about the house, apartment, or mobile home at the address on the mailing label.</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">C. Answer questions 19-23 if you or any member of this household owns or is buying this house, apartment, or mobile home. Otherwise, skip to E.</span></p>

<p>22a. Do you or any member of this household have a mortgage, deed of trust, contract to purchase, or similar debt on this property?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes, mortgage, deed of trust, or similar debt<br />[] Yes, contract to purchase<br />[] No -- <span class="ital">Skip to question 23a</span></div>
Categories
Value Category
1 No, owned free and clear
2 Check mark on manuscript (probabably yes)
3 Yes, mortgaged/ deed of trust or similar debt
4 Yes, contract to purchase
NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the mortgage status.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2020: Private occupied households residing in owned dwelling [discrepancies: none]

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