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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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Monthly gross rent (US1960A_RENTGRS)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 174
End: 176
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US60A029 US60A030"><span class="em">Renters please answer this question. </span><br />[PH-4; see also H41.] <br /><span class="em">H16. -</span> If you pay your rent by the month <br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">What is your monthly rent?</span> <br /><br /><div class="i2">$(Nearest dollar)_____.00</div></div><br /><br /><div class="i1">or</div> <br /><br /><div class="i1">If you pay rent by the week or some other period of time-</div> <br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">What is your rent and what period does it cover?</span></div><br /><div class="i2">$(Nearest dollar)_____.00 per(Week, year, etc.) ____</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="US60A029 US60A030"><span class="em">Answer questions H41 to H46 if you pay rent for your house, apartment, or flat. </span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="US60A029 US60A030">[PH-3; see also H16] <br /><span class="em">H41</span>. If you pay your rent by the month - <br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">What is your monthly rent?</span></div><br /><div class="i2">$(Nearest dollar )_____.00</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">or</div> <br /><br /><div class="i1">If you pay your rent by the week or some other period of time -</div><br /><div class="i2"><span class="em">What is your rent and what period does it cover? </span></div><br /><div class="i3">$(Nearest dollar)_____.00 per(Week, year, etc.)_____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
000 NIU (not in universe)
010 1-19
025 20 -29
035 30 -39
045 40 -49
055 50 -59
065 60 -69
075 70 -79
090 80 -99
110 100 -119
135 120 -149
175 150 -199
200 200
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 gross monthly rental cost of the housing unit, which includes contract rent plus additional costs for utilities (water, electricity, gas) and fuels (oil, coal, kerosene, wood, etc.)
Universe
United States 1960: Renter-occupied units rented for cash; not units on farms with less than 10 acres, not multiple-unit dwellings on farms; not group quarters [not verifiable]

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