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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Clothes dryer (US1960A_0056)

Data file: USA1960-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 177

End: 177

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[5%]
H24. Do you have an electric or gas clothes dryer?

Do not count dryers shared with any other household in this building.

[] Electrically heated dryer
[] Gas heated dryer
[] No dryer

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	No clothes dryer
2	Electrically-heated dryer
3	Gas-heated dryer

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 housing unit contained a clothes-drying machine, and whether the dryer's heat source was electricity or gas.

Universe

Not group quarters; only answered by 20 percent of cases

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Appliances, Mechanicals, Other Amenities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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