2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2000

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Reference ID

USA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Monthly gross rent (US2000A_RENTGRS)

Data file: USA2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 267

End: 270

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">46. Answer only if you pay rent for this house, apartment, or mobile home - All others skip to 47a.</span></p>

<p><span class="em">46. a. What is the monthly rent?</span><div class="i1">Monthly amount - Dollars<br />$_ _ ,_ _ _ .00</div><span class="em">46. b. Does the monthly rent include any meals?</span><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the gross monthly rental cost of the housing unit, which includes contract rent plus additional costs for utilities (water, electricity, gas) and fuels (oil, coal, kerosene, wood, etc.).

Universe

United States 2000: Renter-occupied units rented for cash; not group qaurters[discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 4-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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