1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960

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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Acreage of property (US1960A_ACREPROP)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 169

End: 169

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[PH-3]
<br /><span class="em">H17 and H18. Is this house:</span> </p>
<div class="i1">[] On a city lot (or is this an apartment building)?</div><div class="i1">or <br /><br />[] On a place of less than 10 acres?</div><div class="i2">Last year (1959), did sales of crops, livestock, and other farm products from this place amount to $250 or more?</div><div class="i3">[] $250 or more <br />[] Less than $250 or none</div><div class="i1">or</div><div class="i1">[] On a place of 10 or more acres?</div><div class="i2">Last year (1959), did sales of crops, livestock, and other farm products from this place amount to $50 or more?</div><div class="i3">[] $50 or more <br />[] Less than $50 or none</div>

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	City or suburban lot
3	Under 10 acres (includes less than 1 acre)
5	10 acres

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of acres on which a housing unit was located. It can also be used to identify city and suburban lots.

Universe

United States 1960: Not group quarters, not in cities with 50,000+ residents [not verifiable]

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