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2005 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2001 - 2005
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Ownership of dwelling (US2005A_OWNERSHP)

Data file: USA2005_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 211
End: 211
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
17. Is this house, apartment, or mobile home</p>
<div class="i1">[] Owned by you or someone in this household with a mortgage or loan?<br />[] Owned by you or someone in this household free and clear (without a mortgage or loan)?<br />[] Rented for cash rent?<br />[] Occupied without payment of cash rent? <span class="ital">--&gt;Skip to</span> <span class="em">C</span></div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Owned free and clear
2 Owned with mortgage or loan
3 No cash rent
4 With cash rent
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 the housing unit was rented or owned by its inhabitants. Housing units acquired with a mortgage or other lending arrangement(s) are classified as "owned," even if repayment was not yet completed.
Universe
United States 2005: Occupied dwellings [discrepancies: none]

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