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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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United States Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Telephone availability (US2015A_PHONE)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 281
End: 281
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>8. Does this house, apartment, or mobile home have</p>
<div class="i1">g) telephone service from which you can both make and receive calls? Include cell phones.</div><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 No, no phone available
2 Yes, phone available
8 Unknown
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 telephone availability in the dwelling.
Universe
United States 2015: Private occupied households [discrepancies: none]

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