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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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Telephone availability (US1960A_PHONE)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 200

End: 200

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US60A052">[All] <br /><span class="em">H35. Is there a telephone on which people who live here can be called? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes. What is the telephone number? _____ <br />[] No</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	No, no phone available
2	Yes, phone available

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 residents of the housing unit had telephone access.

Universe

United States 1960: Private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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