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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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Telephone availability (US1990A_PHONE)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 265
End: 265
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US90A068"><span class="em">H12. Do you have a telephone in this house or apartment? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /><br />[Answer yes only if the telephone is located in your house, apartment, or mobile home.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No, no phone available
2 Yes, phone available
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 residents of the housing unit had telephone access.
Universe
United States 1990: Private, occupied dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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