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1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960
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Source of water (US1960A_WATERSRC)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 194
End: 194
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US60A046">[PH-3, 20%] <br /><span class="em">H31. Do you get water from: </span><br /><div class="i1">[] a public system (or private company)? <br />[] an individual well? <br />[] some other source?</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Public system or private company
2 Individual well
5 Other source
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 source of the dwelling's water supply and whether the unit supplied its own water via an individual well or was attached to a larger public or private system. A "public system" or "private company" is any public or private system or well serving 6 or more units. An "individual well" serves 5 or fewer units and may be located on either the unit's property or an adjacent property. "Other source" includes water from springs, creeks, rivers, or cisterns.
Universe
United States 1960: Not group quarters, not in cities with 50,000+ residents; 80 percent of cases [not verifiable]

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