1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1990

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Reference ID

USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Automobiles available (AUTOS)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 120

End: 120

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0	No autos
1	1 auto
2	2 autos
3	3 autos
4	4 autos
5	5 autos
6	6+ autos
7	Have auto, number unspecified
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

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

AUTOS records whether a member of the household owned or had use of a vehicle and, in many samples, the number of such vehicles.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Appliances, Mechanicals, Other Amenities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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