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1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1980
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Reference ID
PRI_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Units in structure (PR1980A_UNITSSTR)

Data file: PRI1980_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 194
End: 195
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="PR80A062"><span class="em">H9. Which best describes this building? </span><br /><br />Include all apartments, flats, etc., even if vacant.<br /><div class="i1">[] A mobile home or trailer<br />[] A one-family house detached from any other house<br />[] A one-family house attached to one or more houses<br />[] A building for 2 families<br />[] A building for 3 or 4 families<br />[] A building for 5 to 9 families<br />[] A building for 10 to 19 families<br />[] A building for 20 to 49 families<br />[] A building for 50 or more families<br />[] A boat, tent, van, etc.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 Mobile home or trailer
02 Boat, tent, van, other
03 1-family house, detached
04 1-family house, attached
05 2-family building
06 3-4 family building
07 5-9 family building
08 10-19 family building
09 20-49 family building
10 50+ family building
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 number of units in a structure.
Universe
Puerto Rico 1980: Private households [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
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