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Census of Population and Housing 1980 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980
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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Source of water (US1980A_0063)

Data file: USA1980-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 216
End: 216
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
H16. Do you get water from --

[] A public system (city water department, etc.) or private company?
[] An individual drilled well?
[] An individual dug well?
[] Some other source (a spring, creek, river, cistern, etc.)?


[If a well provides water for six or more houses or apartments, mark a public system. If a well provides water for five or fewer houses or apartments, mark one of the categories for individual well. Drilled wells, or small diameter wells, are usually less than 1 1/2 feet in diameter. Dug wells are generally hand dug and are wider.]
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Public system or private company
2 Individual well, drilled
3 Individual well, dug
4 Other source
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 source of the dwelling's water supply, and whether the unit supplied its own water via an individual well or was attached to a larger public or private system.
Universe
Vacant and privated dwellings

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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