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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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Heating equipment (US1960A_HEATING)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 207
End: 207
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US60A059">[All] <br /><span class="em">H21. How is your house or apartment heated? </span><br /><div class="i1">Check only the kind of heat you use the most.</div> <br /><br /><div class="i1">Heated by:</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">[] Steam or hot water <br />[] Warm air furnace with individual room registers <br />[] Floor, wall, or pipeless furnace <br />[] Built-in electric units <br />[] Room heater(s) connected to chimney or flue <br />[] Room heater(s) not connected to chimney or flue <br />[] Other method - Write in: <br />_____</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] Not heated</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Not heated
2 Steam or hot-water system
3 Central warm-air furnace
4 Built-in electric unit
5 Floor, wall, or pipeless furnace
6 All other, with flue
7 All other, without flue
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 principle means by which the housing unit was heated.
Universe
United States 1960: Private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

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