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Census of Population and Housing 1960 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960
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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Ownership of dwelling (US1960A_0022)

Data file: USA1960-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 135
End: 135
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[PH-3]
H12. Is the house, part of the house, or apartment in which you live: (Check one)


[] Owned or being bought by you or someone else in your household?
[] Rented for cash?
[] Occupied without payment of cash rent?
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Owned or being bought
2 No cash rent
3 With cash rent
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 household rented or owned the dwelling. Dwellings acquired with a mortgage or other lending arrangement are classified as "owned," even if repayment was not yet completed.
Universe
Private dwellings

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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