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Data Dictionary: Census 1970 on 2010 Geographies
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Data Source: Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau
Universe: Count of Occupied Units
Variable Details
T120. Television Sets (5%)
Universe: Count of Occupied Units
T120_001Total Occupied:
Percent base:
None - percentages not computed (variable is table universe)
Aggregation method:
Addition
Formula used to compute this variable:
Return_Value = RC1970ORG:RC1970ORG_033_H032001 + RC1970ORG:RC1970ORG_033_H032002 + RC1970ORG:RC1970ORG_033_H032003
Variables used in the formula:
RC1970ORG:RC1970ORG_033_H032001
Total Occupied: Television: Yes, 1 Set
RC1970ORG:RC1970ORG_033_H032002
Total Occupied: Television: Yes, 2 or More Sets
RC1970ORG:RC1970ORG_033_H032003
Total Occupied: Television: No Set Present
Relevant Documentation:
Excerpt from: Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; 1970 Census Users’ Guide; U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1970.
  1970 Census Users' Guide - Part I -> Part Ill. Housing Census Concepts (Concepts 150 through 250) -> Household equipment* -> Television sets
Television sets
Categories the same as in 1960: 1, 2 or more, none. Respondents were to include sets of all kinds that were located in the unit and were in working order--floor models, built-in, table, portable, combination with radio or phonograph.

In 1970, a further question asked whether the household had a television set equipped to receive UHF broadcasts (i.e., channels 14 to 83). Respondents were to include sets which could be tuned directly to channels 14 to 83, sets which could receive UHF broadcasts by means of a converter, or through a community (CATV) or master antenna which receives incoming UHF signals and transfers them to a vacant VHF channel (2 to 13).