American Housing Survey, National Sample: Census Detail File, 1980 (ICPSR 6218)

Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary: This file contains 1980 Census detail data along with an American Housing Survey (AHS) scrambled control number, which can be used to match to any AHS National sample file for 1985 or later. Geographic areas identified on each record are regions, metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas, inside/outside central city, urban/rural areas, and place size. (more info)

Series: American Housing Survey Series

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U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. AMERICAN HOUSING SURVEY, NATIONAL SAMPLE: CENSUS DETAIL FILE, 1980. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1993. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1995. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06218.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06218.v1

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Summary:   This file contains 1980 Census detail data along with an American Housing Survey (AHS) scrambled control number, which can be used to match to any AHS National sample file for 1985 or later. Geographic areas identified on each record are regions, metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas, inside/outside central city, urban/rural areas, and place size.

Subject Terms:   census data, commuting (travel), energy assistance, energy conservation, energy consumption, home ownership, housing, housing conditions, housing costs, housing occupancy, housing units, income, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, municipal services, neighborhood conditions, property insurance, property taxes, property values, rental housing, relocation, utility rates

Geographic Coverage:   United States

Time Period:  

• 1980

Date of Collection:  

• 1980

Universe:   Housing units in the United States.

Data Types:   census enumeration data

Sample:   Unclustered, stratified, systematic sample of housing units from the 1980 Census Sample of Housing Units.

Data Source:

self-enumerated forms

Original ICPSR Release:  1995-03-16

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