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1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970
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USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Number of bathrooms (US1970A_BATHRMS)

Data file: USA1970_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 221
End: 221
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">H21. How many bathrooms do you have? </span></p>

<p>A <span class="em">complete</span> bathroom is a room with flush toilet, bathtub or shower, and wash
<br />basin with piped water.
<br />A <span class="em">half</span> bathroom has at least a flush toilet or bathtub or shower, but does not have
<br /> all the facilities for a complete bathroom.</p>
<div class="i1">[] No bathroom, or only a half bathroom<br />[] 1 complete bathroom<br />[] 1 complete bathroom, plus half bath(s)<br />[] 2 complete bathrooms<br />[] 2 complete bathrooms, plus half bath(s)<br />[] 3 or more complete bathrooms</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 0 or 1 /2 bath
2 1 complete bathroom
3 1 complete bathroom plus 1 /2 bath(s)
5 2
6 2.5
7 3
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 complete and partial bathrooms within the housing unit. The 1970 definition required a wash basin with piped water, as well. A "half" bath had at least a flush toilet or bathing facilities.
Universe
United States 1970: Not group quarters [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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