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1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980
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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Access to unit (US1980A_ACCESS)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 251
End: 251
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A055"><span class="em">H5. Do you enter your living quarters -- </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Directly from the outside or through a common or public hall?<br />[] Through someone else's living quarters?</div><br /><br />[Mark the second circle only if you must go through someone else's living quarters to get to your own.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Direct access
2 Indirect access
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 nature of the entrance into the dwelling. The census divided living quarters into two types: 1) Those with "direct access" could be entered directly from the outside of the structure, or through a common hallway, lobby, or other entryway that was not part of any household's living quarters (like most apartments). 2) Those with "indirect access" could only be entered by passing through some part of another household's living quarters.
Universe
United States 1980: Vacant and privated dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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