RES_PCODE: Place Code [V5]

Name: RES_PCODE

Label: Place Code [V5]

Response Categories

CodeLabelFreq.%
1 Metropolitan area - central cities 327 12.1
2 Metropolitan area - suburbs, 50,000 and over 75 2.8
3 Metropolitan area - suburbs (urban, less than 50,000) 257 9.5
4 Metropolitan area - rural 61 2.2
5 Cities 50,000 and over 452 16.7
6 Cities 2,500-50,000 567 20.9
7 Rural towns and congested areas under 2500 491 18.1
8 Rural blocks 184 6.8
9 Open country 299 11.0
Total2713100%

Disclaimer: The frequencies for this variable may not be weighted. They are purely descriptive and may not be representative of the study population. Please use with caution and consult the study documentation.

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Summary Statistics

  • total responses: 2713
  • valid: 2713
  • invalid: 0
  • minimum: 1.00
  • maximum: 9.00
  • mode: 6.00
  • mean: 5.44
  • median: 6.00
  • standard deviation: 2.39

Source

This variable was taken from: Growth of American Families, 1955. You may:

Series

This study is part of the Growth of American Families Series. You may: