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1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1970
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PRI_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Commercial use (PR1970A_COMMUSE)

Data file: PRI1970_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 125
End: 125
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="PR70A032"><span class="em">H9.a. Is this building a one-family house? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes, a one-family house<br />[] No, a building for 2 or more families or a mobile home or trailer (Skip to H11)</div><br /><br /><span class="em">b. If "Yes" -- Is this house on a place of 3 cuerdas or more, or is any part of this property used as a commercial establishment or medical office? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes, 3 cuerdas or more<br />[] Yes, commercial establishment or medical office<br />[] No, none of the above</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PR70A040 PR70A041 PR70A042 PR70A043 PR70A044 PR70A045 PR70A048 PR70A047 PR70A046 PR70A032 PR70A031 PR70A033">[For a vacant unit, also fill D, E, A, H2 to H7, and H9 to H11]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 No commercial use
2 Yes, used commercially
4 Unknown, unit on 3+ cuerdas
9 NIU (not in universe)
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 identifies the commercial use of the dwelling.
Universe
Puerto Rico 1970: Single-family houses [discrepancies: none]

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