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1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1990
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USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Acreage of property (US1990A_ACREPROP)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 199
End: 199
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">H5. If this is a one-family house </span>--</p>

<p><span class="em">H5a. Is this house on ten or more acres? </span><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><p>[Answer H5a and H5b if you live in a one-family house or a mobile home; include only land that you own or rent.]
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 City or suburban lot or rural lot less than 1 acre
2 1 -9 acres
3 10 acres
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 number of acres on which a housing unit was located.
Universe
United States 1990: Private, occupied or vacant single-family houses or mobile homes [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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