Reporting Persons Per Room - T081_002 - Cumulative Persons Per Room - Social Explorer Tables (SE) - Survey Census 1940 Census Tract Only

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Census 1940 Census Tract Only

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Survey: Census 1940 Census Tract Only

Data Source:

Digitally transcribed by Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Edited, verified by Michael Haines. Compiled, edited, verified and additional data entered by Social Explorer.

Data set: Social Explorer Tables (SE)

Table:

T81. Cumulative Persons Per Room [8]

Universe: Total Occupied Housing Units

Variable Details

T81.

Cumulative Persons Per Room

Universe: Total Occupied Housing Units

T081_001Total Occupied Housing Units:

T081_002 Reporting Persons Per Room

Percent base:

Total Occupied Housing Units (SE:T081_001)

Aggregation method:

Addition

Formula used to compute this variable:

Return_Value = ORG:T020_002 + ORG:T020_003 + ORG:T020_004 + ORG:T020_005 + ORG:T020_006 + ORG:T020_007

Variables used in the formula:
ORG:T020_002	All Occupied Units: Persons Per Room: Under 0.51
ORG:T020_003	All Occupied Units: Persons Per Room: 0.51-0.75
ORG:T020_004	All Occupied Units: Persons Per Room: 0.76-1.00
ORG:T020_005	All Occupied Units: Persons Per Room: 1.01-1.50
ORG:T020_006	All Occupied Units: Persons Per Room: 1.51-2.00
ORG:T020_007	All Occupied Units: Persons Per Room: 2.01 or More

Relevant Documentation:

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; Census Tract Data, 1940-1970: Elizabeth Mullen Bogue File
	Census Tract Data, 1940: Elizabeth Mullen Bogue File -> Census 1940 Tract Documentation -> Population and Housing-Statistics for Census Tracts -> Definitions of Terms and Explanations -> Persons per room

Persons per room

The number of persons per room, used as an index of crowding, is obtained by dividing the number of persons in the household by the number of rooms in the dwelling unit. This average was computed for each occupied dwelling unit.