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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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Kitchen or cooking facilities (US1970A_KITCHEN)

Data file: USA1970_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 207
End: 207
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">H3. Do you have complete kitchen facilities? </span></p>

<p>Complete kitchen facilities are a sink with piped water, a range or cook stove, and a refrigerator.</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes, for this household only<br />[] Yes, but also used by another household<br />[] No complete kitchen facilities for this household</div><p>"The kitchen sink, stove, and refrigerator do not have to be in the same room. <span class="em">Also used by another household</span> means that someone else who lives in the same building, but is not a member of your household, also uses the equipment. Mark this circle also if the occupants of living quarters now vacant would also use the equipment."
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No
3 Yes, shared use
5 Yes, exclusive use
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 whether or not a housing unit contained kitchen facilities. For 1970, it also indicates whether or not these facilities were shared with other households.
Universe
United States 1970: Not group quarters [discrepancies: none]

concept

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