1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970

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Reference ID

USA_1970_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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Group quarters type (US1970A_GQTYPE)

Data file: USA1970_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 160

End: 161

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
02	Correctional institution
03	Mental institutions
04	Aged, dependent home
05	Homes neglected/depend children
06	Other institutions for children
07	Physically handicapped homes, schools and ho
08	Mentally handicapped homes and schools
09	TB and other chronic disease hospital
10	Military
11	College dormitory
12	Rooming house
99	Other Non-Instit GQ and unknown

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 type of collective dwellings. With this variable, users can distinguish between institutions and non-institutional group quarters, identify broad categories of institutions (e.g., mental institutions versus correctional institutions), and, for some years, isolate very specific types of group quarters (e.g., old soldiers' home).

Universe

United States 1970: Occupied, collective dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Group Quarters Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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