1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970

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Reference ID

USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Poverty status (US1970A_POVERTY)

Data file: USA1970_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 299

End: 301

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

This variable indicates each hosuehold's total income for the previous year as a percentage of the poverty thresholds established by the Social Security Administration in 1964 and subsequently revised in 1980, adjusted for inflation.

Universe

United States 1970: Not group quarters [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Income Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 3-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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