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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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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Hot and cold piped water (US1970A_HOTWATER)

Data file: USA1970_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 210
End: 210
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">H5. Is there hot and cold piped water in this building? </span><div class="i1">[] Yes, hot and cold piped water in this building<br />[] No, only cold piped water in this building<br />[] No piped water in this building</div><p>"Mark <span class="em">hot water</span> even if you have it only part of the time."
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No piped water
2 Cold piped water only
3 Hot and cold piped water
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 availability of indoor hot and/or cold piped water to the occupants of the housing unit.
Universe
United States 1970: Not group quarters [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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