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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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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Number of rooms (US2000A_ROOMS)

Data file: USA2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 311
End: 311
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US00A053"><span class="em">37. How many rooms do you have in this house, apartment, or mobile home? </span>Do not count bathrooms, porches, balconies, foyers, halls, or half-rooms.<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 room<br />[] 2 rooms<br />[] 3 rooms<br />[] 4 rooms<br />[] 5 rooms<br />[] 6 rooms<br />[] 7 rooms<br />[] 8 rooms<br />[] 9 or more rooms</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 1 room
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
9 9 or more
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 number of whole rooms used for living purposes that are contained in the housing unit.
Universe
United States 2000: Not group quarters [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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