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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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Metropolitan status (US1960A_METRO)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 155
End: 155
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
Not identifiable
1 Not in metro area
2 Central city
3 Outside central city
4 Central city status unknown
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 the household was located within a metropolitan area. For households within metropolitan areas, the variable also indicates whether the housing unit was within a metropolitan area's central city (or cities), or within the remainder of the metropolitan area.
Universe
United States 1960: All households

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