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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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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Number of bedrooms (US1980A_BEDROOMS)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 263
End: 263
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v=" US80A057 US80A066"><span class="em">H24. How many bedrooms do you have? </span><br /><div class="i1">Count rooms used mainly for sleeping even if used also for other purposes.<br /><br />[] No bedroom<br />[] 1 bedroom<br />[] 2 bedrooms<br />[] 3 bedrooms<br />[] 4 bedrooms<br />[] 5 or more bedrooms</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 N/A
1 No bedrooms
2 1
3 2
4 3
5 4
6 5+
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 bedrooms within the dwelling.
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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