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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Heating equipment (US1960A_0059)

Data file: USA1960-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 180

End: 180

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[All]
H21. How is your house or apartment heated?

Check only the kind of heat you use the most.

Heated by:

[] Steam or hot water
[] Warm air furnace with individual room registers
[] Floor, wall, or pipeless furnace
[] Built-in electric units
[] Room heater(s) connected to chimney or flue
[] Room heater(s) not connected to chimney or flue
[] Other method - Write in:
_____

[] Not heated

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Not heated
2	Steam or hot-water system
3	Central warm-air furnace
4	Built-in electric unit
5	Floor, wall, or pipeless furnace
6	All other, with flue
7	All other, without flue

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 principle means by which the housing unit was heated.

Universe

Private dwellings

concept

Concept

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

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