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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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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Number of bedrooms (US1990A_BEDROOMS)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 264
End: 264
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US90A066"><span class="em">H9. How many bedrooms do you have; that is, how many bedrooms would you list if this house or apartment were on the market for sale or rent? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] No bedroom<br />[] 1 bedrooms<br />[] 2 bedrooms<br />[] 3 bedrooms<br />[] 4 bedrooms<br />[] 5 or more bedrooms</div><br /><br />[Include all rooms intended to be used as bedrooms in this house, apartment, or mobile home, even if they are currently being used for other purposes.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No bedrooms
2 1
3 2
4 3
5 4
6 5+
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 bedrooms within the dwelling.
Universe
United States 1990: Private, occupied and vacant dwellings [discrepancies: none]

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