1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960

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Reference ID

USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Sep 03, 2025

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Report form, 1960 (US1960A_SAMP1960)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 149

End: 149

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	20 form, PH3 sample
2	20 form, PH4 sample
3	5 form, PH3 sample
4	5 form, PH4 sample

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 which set of questions the household answered. In 1960 all respondents answered the same population questions, but some of the housing questions were asked of a smaller sample of the population.

Universe

United States 1960: Private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

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