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2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2000
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USA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Mortgage status (US2000A_MORTGAGE)

Data file: USA2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 240
End: 240
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="US00A026 US00A028 US00A029 US00A033 US00A034 US00A035 US00A036 US00A040 US00A041 US00A042 US00A063 US00A110"><span class="em">47. Answer questions 47a-53 if you or someone in this household owns or is buying this house, apartment, or mobile home; otherwise, skip to questions for person 2.</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="US00A026"><span class="em">47. a. Do you have a mortgage, deed of trust, contract to purchase, or similar debt on this property?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes, mortgage, deed of trust, or similar debt<br />[] Yes, contract to purchase<br />[] No [Go on to question 48a]</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No, owned free and clear
3 Yes, mortgaged/ deed of trust or similar debt
4 Yes, contract to purchase
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 an owner-occupied housing unit was owned free and clear or was encumbered by a mortgage, loan, or other type of debt.
Universe
United States 2000: Owner-occupied dwellings; not group quarters [discrepancies: none]

concept

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