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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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Elevator in structure (US1960A_ELEVATOR)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 199
End: 199
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US60A050 US60A051">[PH-4, 20%] <br /><span class="em">H34. Does this building have: </span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 3 stories or less? <br />4 stories or more-</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">[] with elevator? <br />[] walk-up?</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 No, no elevator
2 Yes, elevator
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 whether housing units in structures of 4 or more stories had access to a passenger elevator.
Universe
United States 1960: Not group quarters, only buildings with 4+ stories and only in cities with 50,000+ residents; 80 percent of cases in large cities [not verifiable]

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