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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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Stories in structure (US1960A_STORIES)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 198
End: 198
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US60A050 US60A051">[PH-4, 20%] <br /><span class="em">H34. Does this building have: </span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 3 stories or less? <br />4 stories or more-</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">[] with elevator? <br />[] walk-up?</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 1 -3 stories
2 4
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 number of floors in the building containing the responding housing unit (does not include basements).
Universe
United States 1960: Not group quarters, only in cities with 50,000+ residents; 80 percent of cases [not verifiable]

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