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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
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Stories in structure (US1980A_STORIES)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 264
End: 264
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A067"><span class="em">H14a. How many stories (floors) are in this building? </span><br /><div class="i1">Count an attic or basement as a story if it has any finished rooms for living purposes.<br /><br />[] 1 to 3 -- Skip to H15<br />[] 4 to 6<br />[] 7 to 12<br />[] 13 or more stories</div><br /><br />[Do not count unfinished basements or unfinished attics. However, a basement or attic with finished room(s) for living purposed should be counted as a story.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 1 -3 stories
2 4-6
3 7-12
4 13+
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 floors in the building that contained the dwelling.1960 and 1970 did not count basements; 1980 did, if the basement contained rooms used for living purposes.
Universe
United States 1980: Vacant and privated dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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