Census of Population and Housing 1960 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960

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Reference ID

USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Source of water (US1960A_0046)

Data file: USA1960-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 167

End: 167

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[PH-3, 20%]
H31. Do you get water from:

[] a public system (or private company)?
[] an individual well?
[] some other source?

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Public system or private company
2	Individual well
5	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. A "public system" or "private company" is any public or private system or well serving 6 or more units. An "individual well" serves 5 or fewer units and may be located on either the unit's property or an adjacent property. "Other source" includes water from springs, creeks, rivers, or cisterns.

Universe

Not group quarters, not in cities with 50,000+ residents; 80 percent of cases

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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