Census of Population and Housing 1980 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980

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Reference ID

USA_1980_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 (US1980A_0063)

Data file: USA1980-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 216

End: 216

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

H16. Do you get water from --

[] A public system (city water department, etc.) or private company?
[] An individual drilled well?
[] An individual dug well?
[] Some other source (a spring, creek, river, cistern, etc.)?

[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.]

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

Vacant and privated dwellings

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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