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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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Age of structure (US1980A_BUILTYR)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 255
End: 255
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A060"><span class="em">H18. About when was this building originally built? </span><br /><div class="i1">Mark when the building was first constructed, not when it was remodeled, added to, or converted.<br /><br />[] 1979 or 1980<br />[] 1975 to 1978<br />[] 1960 to 1969<br />[] 1950 to 1959<br />[] 1940 to 1949<br />[] 1939 or earlier</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 0 -1 year old
2 2-5
3 6-10
4 11-20
5 21 -30
6 31-40 (31+ in 1960, 1970)
7 41 -50 (41 in 1980 )
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 estimated age of the structure in years.
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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