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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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Plumbing facilities (US1990A_PLUMBING)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 258
End: 258
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US90A058"><span class="em">H10. Do you have complete plumbing facilities in this house or apartment; that is, 1) hot and cold piped water, 2) a flush toilet, and 3) a bathtub or shower?<br /></span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes, have all three facilities<br />[] No</div><br /><br />[Mark yes, have all three facilities if you have all the facilities mentioned; all facilities must be in your house, apartment, or mobile home, but not necessarily in the same room. Consider that you have hot water even if you have it only part of the time. Mark no if any of the three facilities is not present.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Without complete plumbing
2 With complete plumbing
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 the dwelling contained complete plumbing facilities.
Universe
United States 1990: Private, occupied and vacant dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

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