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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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Condominium status (US1980A_CONDO)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 218
End: 218
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A042"><span class="em">H9. Is this apartment (house) part of a condominium? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] No<br />[] Yes, a condominium</div><br /><br />[A condominium is housing in which the apartments or houses in a development are individually owned, but the common areas, such as lobbies, halls, etc., are jointly owned. The person owning a condominium very likely has a mortgage on the particular unit.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Not a condominium unit
2 Condominium unit
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 if the dwelling belongs to a condominium - housing units whose occupants share ownership and use of certain common areas and facilities with other households. Condominiums may be either units in apartment buildings or single-family houses. For census purposes, mobile homes, trailers, and other housing units cannot have condominium status.
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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