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Census of Population and Housing 1970 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970
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USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Source of water (US1970A_0051)

Data file: USA1970-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 186
End: 186
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
H19. Do you get water from --


[] A public system (city water department, etc.) or private company?
[] An individual well?
[] Some other source (a spring, creek, river, cistern, etc.)?


"If a well provides water for six or more houses or apartments, mark a public system. If a well provides water for five or fewer houses or apartments, mark an individual well."
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Public system or private company
2 Individual well
3 Other source
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 source of the housing unit's water supply, and whether the unit supplied its own water via an individual well or was attached to a larger public or private system.
Universe
Not group quarters

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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