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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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Meals included in rent (US1990A_RENTMEAL)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 214
End: 214
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US90A040"><span class="em">H7b. Does the monthly rent include any meals?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /><br />[Answer yes if meals are included in the monthly rent payment, or you must contract for meals or a meal plan in order to live in this building.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No, meals not included
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 the monthly contract rent payment included meals (or, for vacant-to-rent units, whether the landlord's advertised rental price included meals).
Universe
United States 1990: Renter-occupied or vacant-to-rent units that rented for cash rent; not group quarters [not verifiable]

concept

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