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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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Commercial use (US1970A_COMMUSE)

Data file: USA1970_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 171
End: 171
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US70A023">[All]<br /><span class="em">H10a. Is this building a one-family house? </span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes, a one-family house<br />[] No, a building for 2 or more families or a mobile home or trailer</div><br /><br /><span class="em">b. If "Yes" -- Is this house on a place of 10 acres or more, or is any part of this property used as a commercial establishment or medical office? </span><br /><br />[] Yes, 10 acres or more<br />[] Yes, commercial establishment or medical office<br />[] No, none of the above<br /><br />"<span class="em">A commercial establishment</span> is easily recognized from the outside; for example, a grocery store or barber shop. <span class="em">A medical office</span> is a doctor's or dentist's office regularly visited by patients. If your house is on a place of 10 acres or more and also contains a commercial establishment or medical office, mark <span class="em">Yes, 10 acres or more.</span>"<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No commerical use
2 Yes, used commercially
9 Unknown, unit on 10 acres
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 if the dwelling is an owner-occupied one with a business (such as a store or barber shop) or medical/dental office on the property.
Universe
United States 1970: Single-family dwellings [not verifiable]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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