HCT32A. Telephone Service Available (White Alone Householder) [3] - Summary File 3 (SF3) - Census 2000

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Survey: Census 2000

Data Source:

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Data set: Summary File 3 (SF3)

Table:

HCT32A. Telephone Service Available (White Alone Householder) [3]

Universe: Occupied housing units with a householder who is White alone

Table Details

HCT32A.

Telephone Service Available (White Alone Householder)

Universe: Occupied housing units with a householder who is White alone

Variable	Label
HCT032A001	Total
HCT032A002	With telephone service available
HCT032A003	No telephone service available

Relevant Documentation:

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer, U.S. Census Bureau; 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 3: Technical Documentation, 2002.
	Summary File 3 Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Definitons of Subject Characteristics -> Housing Characteristics -> Telephone Service Available

Telephone Service Available

The data on telephones were obtained from answers to long-form questionnaire Item 41, which was asked on a sample basis at occupied housing units. Households with telephone service have a telephone in working order and are able to make and receive calls. Households whose service has been discontinued for nonpayment or other reasons are not counted as having telephone service available.

Comparability

In Census 2000, the telephone question emphasizes the availability of service in the house, apartment, or mobile home. Data on telephone service are needed because an individual can own a telephone but have no service to make or receive calls. In 1980 and 1990, respondents were asked about the presence of a telephone in the housing unit. In 1960 and 1970, a unit was classified as having a telephone available if there was a telephone number on which the occupants of the unit could be reached. The telephone could have been in another unit, in a common hall, or outside the building.

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer, U.S. Census Bureau; 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 3: Technical Documentation, 2002.
	Summary File 3 Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Definitons of Subject Characteristics -> Population Characteristics -> Race -> White

White

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as "White" or report entries such as Irish, German, Italian, Lebanese, Near Easterner, Arab, or Polish.