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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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Units in structure (US1990A_UNITSSTR)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 260
End: 261
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US90A062"><span class="em">H2. Which best describes this building? </span>Include all apartments, flats, etc., even if vacant.<br /><div class="i1">[] A mobile home or trailer<br />[] A one-family house detached from any other house<br />[] A one-family house attached to one or more houses<br />[] A building with 2 apartments<br />[] A building with 3 or 4 apartments<br />[] A building with 5 to 9 apartments<br />[] A building with 10 to 19 apartments<br />[] A building with 20 to 49 apartments<br />[] A building with 50 or more apartments<br />[] Other</div><br /><br />[Fill only one circle. Count all occupied and vacant apartments in the house or building. Do not count stores or office space. Detached means there is open space on all sides, or the house is joined only to a shed or garage. Attached means that the house is joined to another house or building by at least one wall that goes from ground to roof. An example of a one-family house attached to one or more houses is a row of houses attached to one another. A mobile home or trailer that has had one or more rooms added or built onto it should be counted as a one-family detached house; a porch or shed is not considered a room.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 Mobile home or trailer
02 Boat, tent, van, other
03 1 -family house, detached
04 1 -family house, attached
05 2 -family building
06 3 -4 family building
07 5 -9 family building
08 10 -19 family building
09 20 -49 family building
10 50 family building
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 dwellings (both occupied and vacant) in the structure containing the household.
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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