1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980

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Reference ID

USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

Metadata

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Metropolitan status (US1980A_METRO)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 171

End: 171

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
0	Not identifiable
1	Not in metro area
2	Central city
3	Outside central city
4	Central city status unknown

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 whether the household was located within a metropolitan area. For households within metropolitan areas, METRO also indicates whether the housing unit was within a metropolitan area's central city (or cities), or within the remainder of the metropolitan area.

Universe

United States 1980: All households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Geography: O-Z Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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