1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970

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Reference ID

USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Annual gas cost (US1970A_COSTGAS)

Data file: USA1970_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 186

End: 189

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">H13.</span> Answer question H13 if you pay rent for your living quarters.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates each rented dwelling's costs for utility, bottled, tank, or LP gas in 1969, excluding amounts included with contract rent payments.

Universe

United States 1970: Only renter-occupied units that paid cash rent; not in one-family houses on 10+ acres [not verifiable]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

US70A032 is a 4-digit numeric variable.

Codes0 = NIU.
1188 = 1188+.
9994 = Gas not used.
9996 = Gas included in rent.

Top codes:Topcode is $1,188.

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