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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Sewage disposal (US1960A_0047)

Data file: USA1960-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 168

End: 168

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[PH-3, 20%]
H32. Is this house connected to a public sewer?

[] Yes, connected to a public sewer
[] No, has septic tank or cesspool
[] No, has other means of sewage of disposal

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Public sewer
2	Septic tank or cesspool
3	Other means

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 dwelling's method of sewage disposal.

Universe

Not group quarters, not in cities with 50,000+ residents; 80 percent of cases outside large cities

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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