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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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Television set (US1960A_TV)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 201
End: 201
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US60A053">[5%] <br /><span class="em">H25. Do you have any television sets? </span><br /><div class="i1">Count only sets in working order. Count floor, table, and portable television sets as well as combinations.</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 set <br />[] 2 sets or more <br />[] No television sets</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 No TV
2 1
3 2
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 televisions in the housing unit (none, one, or two or more). Any type of TV counted, as long as it worked.
Universe
United States 1960: Not group quarters; only answered by 20 percent of cases [discrepancies: none]

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