Census of Population and Housing 1960 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960

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Reference ID

USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Metropolitan status (US1960A_0013)

Data file: USA1960-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 128

End: 128

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

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Literal question

Metropolitan status

Categories

Value	Category
0	Not identifiable
1	Not in metro area
2	Central city
3	Outside central city
4	Central city status unknown

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 whether the household was located within a metropolitan area. For households within metropolitan areas, the variable also indicates whether the housing unit was within a metropolitan area's central city (or cities), or within the remainder of the metropolitan area.

Universe

All households

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Geography: M-Z Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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