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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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Clothes dryer (US1960A_0056)

Data file: USA1960-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 177
End: 177
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[5%] 
H24. Do you have an electric or gas clothes dryer?

Do not count dryers shared with any other household in this building.



[] Electrically heated dryer
[] Gas heated dryer
[] No dryer
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No clothes dryer
2 Electrically-heated dryer
3 Gas-heated dryer
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 housing unit contained a clothes-drying machine, and whether the dryer's heat source was electricity or gas.
Universe
Not group quarters; only answered by 20 percent of cases

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Appliances, Mechanicals, Other Amenities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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