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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Source of water (US1980A_WATERSRC)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 260

End: 260

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US80A063"><span class="em">H16. Do you get water from -- </span><br /><div class="i1">[] A public system (city water department, etc.) or private company?<br />[] An individual drilled well?<br />[] An individual dug well?<br />[] Some other source (a spring, creek, river, cistern, etc.)?</div><br /><br />[If a well provides water for six or more houses or apartments, mark a public system. If a well provides water for five or fewer houses or apartments, mark one of the categories for individual well. Drilled wells, or small diameter wells, are usually less than 1 1/2 feet in diameter. Dug wells are generally hand dug and are wider.]<br /></svar>

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Public system or private company
2	Individual well, drilled
3	Individual well, dug
4	Other source

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the source of the dwelling's water supply, and whether the unit supplied its own water via an individual well or was attached to a larger public or private system.

Universe

United States 1980: Vacant and privated dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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