1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960

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Reference ID

USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Age of structure (US1960A_BUILTYR)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 190

End: 190

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">H20. About when was this house originally built? </span><div class="i1">[] In 1959 or 1960 <br />[] 1955 to 1958 <br />[] 1950 to 1954 <br />[] 1940 to 1949 <br />[] 1930 to 1939 <br />[] 1929 or earlier</div>

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	0 -1 year old
2	2-5
3	6-10
4	11-20
5	21 -30
6	31+

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 estimated age of the structure, in years.

Universe

United States 1960: Private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

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Concept

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