Occupied Housing Units: - T126_001 - Year Householder Moved Into Unit - 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:

T126. Year Householder Moved Into Unit [7]

Universe: Occupied Housing Units

Variable Details

T126.

Year Householder Moved Into Unit

Universe: Occupied Housing Units

T126_001Occupied 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:T110001 + ORG_STF3:T110002 + ORG_STF3:T110003 + ORG_STF3:T110004 + ORG_STF3:T110005 + ORG_STF3:T110006; return oretval;

Variables used in the formula:
ORG_STF3:T110001	Occupied Housing Units: 1979 to March 1980
ORG_STF3:T110002	Occupied Housing Units: 1975 to 1978
ORG_STF3:T110003	Occupied Housing Units: 1970 to 1974
ORG_STF3:T110004	Occupied Housing Units: 1960 to 1969
ORG_STF3:T110005	Occupied Housing Units: 1950 to 1959
ORG_STF3:T110006	Occupied Housing Units: 1949 or earlier

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 -> Year Moved Into Unit

Year Moved Into Unit

The year of the householder's latest move into the housing unit, ascertained for occupied units. Respondents who had moved back into a unit they previously occupied were asked the year of the most recent move, as were those who moved from one apartment to another in the same building. This item also includes those who, living in a mobile home, moved from one location to another in the same mobile park. The intent of this question is to establish the length of occupancy by the present householder.

The year that the householder moved in is not necessarily the same year other members of the household moved, although in the great majority of cases an entire household moves at the same time. Respondents who indicated that they "always lived here" are assigned to the category corresponding to their year of birth. This item was asked on a sample basis.

Limitations

An evaluation study after the 1970 census found that the census figures for the year the household head moved into the unit substantially overstated the category "always lived here."

Historical comparability

In 1960 and 1970, ear Moved into Unit was asked of every person and included in population reports. Year Moved into Unit in housing tabulations referred to the year the head moved in. The 1970 questionnaire indicated seven time spans: 1949 or earlier, 1950 to 1959, 1960 to 1964, 1965 or 1966, 1967, 1966, and 1969 or 1970.

See also: "Residence In 1975".