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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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Vacant, usual home elsewhere (US1980A_VACELSE)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 242
End: 242
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A050"><span class="em">Note</span><br />If everyone is staying only temporarily and has a usual home elsewhere, please mark this box [].<br /><br />Then please:<br /><div class="i1">-- Answer the questions on pages 2 through 5 only.<br />-- Enter the address of your usual home on page 20.</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Usual home elsewhere
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 a dwelling was temporarily occupied at the time of enumeration and therefore not classified as vacant in the IPUMS variable VACANCY (vacancy status).
Universe
United States 1980: Not group quarters, only units occupied by people with usual homes elsewhere [not verifiable]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Technical Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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