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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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Second mortgage status (US1990A_MORTGAG2)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 190
End: 190
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US90A028"><span class="em">H24a. Do you have a second or junior mortgage or a home equity loan on this property? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No -- [Go on to question H25]</div><br /><br />[A second or junior mortgage or home equity loan is secured by real estate.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No
2 Yes
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 owner-occupied housing units with a first mortgage were encumbered by a second mortgage or home equity loan.
Universe
United States 1990: Owner-occupied single-unit houses, mobile homes, and condominiums; not group quarters [not verifiable]

concept

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