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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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Elevator in structure (US1960A_0051)

Data file: USA1960-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 172
End: 172
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[PH-4, 20%]
H34. Does this building have:


[] 3 stories or less?
4 stories or more-


[] with elevator?
[] walk-up?
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No, no elevator
2 Yes, elevator
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 housing units in structures of 4 or more stories had access to a passenger elevator.
Universe
Not group quarters, only buildings with 4+ stories and only in cities with 50,000+ residents; 80 percent of cases in large cities

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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