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1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980
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USA_1980_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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Second mortgage status (US1980A_MORTGAG2)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 192
End: 192
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A028"><span class="em">H32b. Do you have a second or junior mortgage on this property? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /><br />[A second or junior mortgage is also secured by real estate but has been made by the homeowner in addition to the first mortgage.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No
2 Yes
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 owner-occupied dwellings with a first mortgage were encumbered by a second mortgage or home equity loan.
Universe
United States 1980: Households that responded "yes" in Mortage status (MORTGAGE) [not verifiable]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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