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2005 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2001 - 2005
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USA_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Units in structure (US2005A_UNITSSTR)

Data file: USA2005_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 283
End: 284
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1. Which best describes this building?</p>
<div class="i1">Include all apartments, flats, etc., even if vacant<br /><br />[] A mobile home<br />[] A one-family house detached from any other house<br />[] A one-family house attached to one or more houses<br />[] A building with 2 apartments<br />[] A building with 3 or 4 apartments<br />[] A building with 5 to 9 apartments<br />[] A building with 10 to 19 apartments<br />[] A building with 20-49 apartments<br />[] A building with 50 or more apartments<br />[] Boat, RV, van, etc.</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 Mobile home or trailer
02 Boat, tent, van, other
03 1-family house, detached
04 1-family house, attached
05 2-family building
06 3-4 family building
07 5-9 family building
08 10-19 family building
09 20-49 family building
10 50+ family building
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 housing units (both occupied and vacant) in the structure containing the household.
Universe
United States 2005: All households except business units [discrepancies: none]

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