2005 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2001 - 2005

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Reference ID

USA_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

Metadata

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Monthly gross rent (US2005A_RENTGRS)

Data file: USA2005_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 238

End: 241

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="ital">B. Answer questions 18a and b only if you pay rent for house apartment, or mobile home. Otherwise, skip to question 19.</span></p>

<p>18. a) What is the monthly rent for this house, apartment, or mobile home?</p>
<div class="i1">Monthly amount: $____.00</div><p>b) Does this monthly rent include any meals?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the gross monthly rental cost of the housing unit, including contract rent plus additional costs for utilities (water, electricity, gas) and fuels (oil, coal, kerosene, wood, etc.).

Universe

United States 2005: Households paying cash rent for the dwelling [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

US05A046 is a 4-digit numeric variable.

Codes0 = NIU (not in universe)

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