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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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Occupant moved into residence (US1970A_MOVEDIN)

Data file: USA1970_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 334
End: 334
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US70A480">[15%]<br /><span class="em">18. When did this person move into this house (or apartment)?<br /></span> <div class="i1">Fill circle for date of <span class="em">last</span> move.</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1969 or 70<br />[] 1968<br />[] 1967<br />[] 1965 or 66<br />[] 1960 to 64<br />[] 1950 to 59<br />[] 1949 or earlier<br />[] Always lived in this house or apartment</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">"Mark the date for the last time he moved into this particular house or apartment."</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 This year or last year
2 2 years ago
3 3
4 4-6
5 7-10
6 11-20
7 21+
8 Always lived here
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 years ago that each person moved into the dwelling unit (apartment, house, or mobile home). Persons who moved back into the same house or apartment where they lived previously were to report the year when they began the present occupancy. Persons who moved from one apartment to another in the same building were to report the year they moved into the present apartment.
Universe
United States 1970: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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