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Data Dictionary: Census 1960 Tracts Only Set
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Data Source: Social Explorer & U.S. Census Bureau - DUALabs
Universe: Occupied Housing Units
Variable Details
T199. Automobiles
Universe: Occupied Housing Units
T199_003 1 automobile
Percent base:
Occupied Housing Units (SE:T199_001)
Aggregation method:
Addition
Formula used to compute this variable:
Return_Value = ORG:T052_003
Variables used in the formula:
ORG:T052_003
1 automobile
Relevant Documentation:
Excerpt from: Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; U.S. Censuses of Population and Housing: 1960. Census Tracts. Final Report PHC(1)-11. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1962.
  Census Tract Data, 1940-1970: Elizabeth Mullen Bogue File -> Census Tracts -> Housing Characteristics -> Automobiles available
Automobiles available
The count of automobiles available represents the number of passenger automobiles, including station wagons, owned or regularly used by the occupants of the housing unit. Passenger cars were to be counted if they were owned by a member of the household or if they were regularly used and ordinarily kept at home as are some company cars. Not to be counted were taxis, pickups or larger trucks, and dismantled or dilapidated cars in an early stage of being junked.