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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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Acreage of property (US1980A_ACREPROP)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 204
End: 204
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">H15a. Is this building -- </span><div class="i1">[] On a city or suburban lot, or on a place of less than 1 acre? -- Skip to H16<br />[] On a place of 1 to 9 acres?<br />[] On a place of 10 or more acres?</div><p>[A city or suburban lot is usually located in a city, a community, or any build-up area outside a city or community, and is not larger than the house and yard. All living quarters in apartment buildings, including garden-type apartments in the city or suburbs, are considered on a city or suburban lot. A place is a farm, ranch, or any other property, other than a city or suburban lot, on which this residence is located.]
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
2 City or suburban lot or rural lot less than 1 acre
4 1 -9 acres
5 10 acres
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 number of acres on which a housing unit was located. It can also be used to identify all lots of less than one acre.
Universe
United States 1980: Vacant and private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

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