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Census of Population and Housing 1960 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960
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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Source of water (US1960A_0046)

Data file: USA1960-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 167
End: 167
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[PH-3, 20%]
H31. Do you get water from:


[] a public system (or private company)?
[] an individual well?
[] some other source?
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Public system or private company
2 Individual well
5 Other source
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 source of the dwelling's water supply and whether the unit supplied its own water via an individual well or was attached to a larger public or private system. A "public system" or "private company" is any public or private system or well serving 6 or more units. An "individual well" serves 5 or fewer units and may be located on either the unit's property or an adjacent property. "Other source" includes water from springs, creeks, rivers, or cisterns.
Universe
Not group quarters, not in cities with 50,000+ residents; 80 percent of cases

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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