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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Plumbing facilities (US1960A_PLUMBING)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 185

End: 185

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	Lacking only hot water
2	Lacking other or all plumbing facilities
3	With complete plumbing

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 or not a dwelling contained complete or partial plumbing facilities.

Universe

United States 1960: Private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

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Concept

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