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2015 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2011 - 2015
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USA_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Mortgage status (US2015A_MORTGAGE)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 231
End: 231
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Housing</span>
<br />Please answer the following questions about the house, apartment, or mobile home at the address on the mailing label.</p>

<p>[C] - Answer questions 19-23 IF you or someone else in this household owns or is buying this house, apartment, or mobile home. Otherwise, skip to [E] on the next page.</p>

<p>22. a) Do you or any member of this household have a mortgage, deed of trust, contract to purchase, or similar debt on this property? </p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes, mortgage, deed of trust, or similar debt<br />[] Yes, contract to purchase<br />[] No [Skip to question 23]</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 No, owned free and clear
2 Check mark on manuscript (probabably yes)
3 Yes, mortgaged/ deed of trust or similar debt
4 Yes, contract to purchase
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 mortgage status of the dwelling.
Universe
United States 2015: Private occupied households residing in owned dwelling [discrepancies: none]

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