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1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970
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USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Group quarters status (US1970A_GQ)

Data file: USA1970_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 159
End: 159
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US70A049"><span class="em">A. How many living quarters, occupied and vacant, are at this address? </span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] One<br />[] 2 apartments or living quarters<br />[] 3 apartments or living quarters<br />[] 4 apartments or living quarters<br />[] 5 apartments or living quarters<br />[] 6 apartments or living quarters<br />[] 7 apartments or living quarters<br />[] 8 apartments or living quarters<br />[] 9 apartments or living quarters<br />[] 10 or more apartments or living quarters<br />[] This is a mobile home or trailer</div><br /><br />"Mark only one circle. <span class="em">This address </span>means the house or building number where your living quarters are located."<br /></svar></p>

<p> [All -- this question filled out by enumerators, not respondents; for IPUMS purposes, the only significant distinctions are between occupied, vacant, and group quarters units.]
Categories
Value Category
0 Vacant unit
1 Households under 1970 definition
2 Institutions
3 Other group quarters
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 dwellings between: households, group quarters, or vacant units.
Universe
United States 1970: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Group Quarters Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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