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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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Dec 23, 2014
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Units in structure (US2000A_UNITSSTR)

Data file: USA2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 315
End: 316
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US00A058"><span class="em">34. Which best describes this building? </span>Include all apartments, flats, etc., even if vacant.<br /><div class="i1">[] A mobile home<br />[] A one-family house detached from any other house<br />[] A one-family house attached to one or more houses<br />[] A building with 2 apartments<br />[] A building with 3 or 4 apartments<br />[] A building with 5 to 9 apartments<br />[] A building with 10 to 19 apartments<br />[] A building with 20 to 49 apartments<br />[] A building with 50 or more apartments<br />[] Boat, RV, van, etc.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 Mobile home or trailer
02 Boat, tent, van, other
03 1 -family house, detached
04 1 -family house, attached
05 2 -family building
06 3 -4 family building
07 5 -9 family building
08 10 -19 family building
09 20 -49 family building
10 50 family building
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 housing units (both occupied and vacant) in the structure containing the household.
Universe
United States 2000: Not group quarters, not business units [discrepancies: none]

concept

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