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1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960
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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Acreage of property (US1960A_ACREPROP)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 169
End: 169
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[PH-3]
<br /><span class="em">H17 and H18. Is this house:</span> </p>
<div class="i1">[] On a city lot (or is this an apartment building)?</div><div class="i1">or <br /><br />[] On a place of less than 10 acres?</div><div class="i2">Last year (1959), did sales of crops, livestock, and other farm products from this place amount to $250 or more?</div><div class="i3">[] $250 or more <br />[] Less than $250 or none</div><div class="i1">or</div><div class="i1">[] On a place of 10 or more acres?</div><div class="i2">Last year (1959), did sales of crops, livestock, and other farm products from this place amount to $50 or more?</div><div class="i3">[] $50 or more <br />[] Less than $50 or none</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 City or suburban lot
3 Under 10 acres (includes less than 1 acre)
5 10 acres
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 number of acres on which a housing unit was located. It can also be used to identify city and suburban lots.
Universe
United States 1960: Not group quarters, not in cities with 50,000+ residents [not verifiable]

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