Year-Round Housing Units: - T122_001 - Sewage Disposal - Summary Tape File 3 (STF3) - Survey Census 1980

Data Dictionary:

Census 1980

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Survey: Census 1980

Data Source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Data set: Summary Tape File 3 (STF3)

Table:

T122. Sewage Disposal [4]

Universe: Year-Round Housing Units

Variable Details

T122.

Sewage Disposal

Universe: Year-Round Housing Units

T122_001Year-Round Housing Units:

Percent base:

None - percentages not computed (variable is table universe)

Aggregation method:

Addition

Formula used to compute this variable:

#ReturnType oretval = new #ReturnType(); oretval = ORG_STF3:T108001 + ORG_STF3:T108002 + ORG_STF3:T108003; return oretval;

Variables used in the formula:
ORG_STF3:T108001	Year-Round Housing Units: Public sewer
ORG_STF3:T108002	Year-Round Housing Units: Septic tank or cesspool
ORG_STF3:T108003	Year-Round Housing Units: Other means

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.
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Sewage Disposal

The type of sewage disposal system for the structure in which the unit is located, ascertained for occupied and vacant housing units. This item was asked on a sample basis.

Public sewer

Connected to a city, county, sanitary district, neighborhood, or subdivision sewer system. A public sewer may be operated by a government body or by a private organization. Small sewage treatment plants, called "neighborhood septic tanks" in some localities, are classified as public sewers. All units in structures with five or more units are assumed to be connected to a public sewer if the unit has running water.

Septic tank op cesspool

An underground tank or pit into which sewage flows from the plumbing fixtures in the building.

Other means

Includes an individual sewer line running to a creek, lake, swamp, etc.; units with a privy; and other arrangements.

Historical comparability

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

See also: Bathroom: Complete Bathroom; Plumbing Facilities; Water; Source Of