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Data Dictionary: Census 1980
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Survey: Census 1980
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Table: T120. Passenger Elevator [3]
Universe: Year-Round Housing Units In Structure With 4 Or More Stories
Table Details
T120. Passenger Elevator
Universe: Year-Round Housing Units In Structure With 4 Or More Stories
Relevant Documentation:
Excerpt from: Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; Census of Population and Housing, 1980: Summary Tape File 3 [machine-readable data file] / conducted By the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington: Bureau of the Census [producer and distributor], 1982.
  Summary Tape File 3 -> Summary Tape File 3 -- Part II -> Glossary -> Elevator, Passenger
Elevator, Passenger
Presence of a passenger elevator in the structure, ascertained for occupied and vacant housing units in structures with four or more stories or floors. Elevators are counted even if used largely, though not exclusively, for freight. Also included are stairway elevators and wheelchair lifts installed in structure of four or more stories. This item was asked on a sample basis.

No elevator
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The number of housing units in structures with four or more stories with no passenger elevator or with only elevator service used for freight.

Historical Comparability
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Similar data were collected in 1960 and 1970; in 1960, however, these data were collected only in cities with 50,000 or more persons.

See also: "Stories In Structure".