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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Mortgage status (PR1970A_MORTGAGE)

Data file: PRI1970_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 119

End: 119

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="PR70A110 PR70A111 PR70A030">[Ask questions H12 to H14 if housing unit it owned or being bought.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PR70A030"><span class="em">H14. It there a mortgage on this property? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	No, owned free and clear
2	Yes, mortgaged/ deed of trust or similar debt
8	Unknown
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 mortgage status of the household.

Universe

Puerto Rico 1970: Owner-occupied housing units [discrepancies: type I none; type II 8.9%]

concept

Concept

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