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Data Dictionary: Census 1940 Census Tract Only
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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.
Universe: Total Occupied Housing Units
Variable Details
T84. Persons Per Room By Tenure
Universe: Total Occupied Housing Units
T084_012 With 0.51 - 0.75 Person Per Room
Percent base:
Total Occupied Housing Units (SE:T084_001)
Aggregation method:
Addition
Formula used to compute this variable:
Return_Value = ORG:T021_003
Variables used in the formula:
ORG:T021_003
Renter Occupied Units: Persons Per Room: 0.51-0.75
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.

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 -> Occupancy and tenure
Occupancy and tenure
Dwelling units are classified by occupancy and tenure into four groups: Owner occupied; tenant-occupied; vacant, for sale or rent; and vacant, not for sale or rent. Dwelling units are classified as occupied if occupied at the time of enumeration by households enumerated at their usual place of residence. The relatively small group classified as vacant, not for sale or rent" includes dwelling Units that were neither occupied nor available for sale or rent at the time of enumeration because they were being held for absent households, and dwelling units that were occupied temporarily by nonresident households.