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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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Units in structure (US1970A_UNITSSTR)

Data file: USA1970_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 217
End: 218
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">H16. Which best describes this building? </span><div class="i1">Include all apartments, flats, etc., even if vacant.</div><div class="i2">[] A one-family house detached from any other house<br />[] A one-family house attached to one or more houses<br />[] A building for 2 families<br />[] A building for 3 or 4 families<br />[] A building for 5 to 9 families<br />[] A building for 10 to 19 families<br />[] A building for 20 to 49 families<br />[] A building for 50 or more families<br />[] A mobile home or trailer<br />_____Other -- Describe</div><p>"Count all occupied and vacant living quarters in the house or building, but not stores or office space. <span class="em">Detached</span> means there is open space on all sides, or the house is joined only to a shed or garage. <span class="em">Attached</span> means that the house is joined to another house or building by at least one wall which goes from ground to roof."
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 Mobile home or trailer
03 1 -family house, detached
04 1 -family house, attached
05 2 -family building
06 3 -4 family building
07 5 -9 family building
08 10 -19 family building
09 20 -49 family building
10 50+ family building
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 dwellings (both occupied and vacant) in the structure that contained the responding household.
Universe
United States 1970: Not group quarters [discrepancies: none]

concept

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