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1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970
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USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Metropolitan status 5 years ago (US1970A_MIGTYPE5)

Data file: USA1970_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 330
End: 330
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US70A471 US70A472 US70A474">[15%]<br /><span class="em">19a. Did he live in this house on April 1, 1965?</span> If in college or Armed Forces in April 1965, report place of residence there.<br /><div class="i1">[] Born April 1965 or later. (Skip to 20)<br />[] Yes, this house (Skip to 20)<br />[] No, different house</div><br /><br />"Mark <span class="em">Yes</span> if he lived in this same house or apartment on April 1, 1965, even if he moved away and came back between then and now. Mark <span class="em">No</span> if he lived in the same building but in a different apartment on April 1, 1965."<br /><br /><span class="em">b. [If No] Where did he live on April 1, 1965? </span><br /><br /><div class="i1">(1) State, foreign country, U.S. possession, etc.</div><br /><div class="i2">_____</div><br /><div class="i1">(2) County</div><br /><div class="i2">_____</div><br /><div class="i1">(3) Inside the limits of a city, town, village, etc.?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /><div class="i1">(4) If "Yes," name of city, town, village, etc.</div><br /><div class="i2">_____</div><br /><br />"If he lived somewhere else on April 1, 1965, give the address of his usual residence at that time.<br /><div class="i1"> Part (2)<br /><br />For addresses in Louisiana, print the parish name.<br />For addresses in Alaska, print the borough name.<br />For addresses in independent cities, print the name of the city and word "city," for example "Baltimore city."<br /><br />Part (3)<br /><br /> Mark Yes if you know that the address is now inside the limits of a city, town, village, or other incorporated place, even if it was not inside the limits on April 1, 1965."</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Not in a metro area
2 In a metro area, central city status unknown
9 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 whether the respondent lived in a metropolitan area five years ago.
Universe
United States 1970: Persons age 5+ who moved within the US [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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