Housing and Construction Reports: Housing vacancies. Series H-111, Issues 1-39U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census., 1955 |
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... measures of the quality of housing . To measure condition , the vacant dwell- ing units were classified as " not dilapidated " or " dilapidated . " when or A dwelling unit was reported as dilapidated it had serious deficiencies , was ...
... measures of the quality of housing . To measure condition , the vacant dwell- ing units were classified as " not dilapidated " or " dilapidated . " when or A dwelling unit was reported as dilapidated it had serious deficiencies , was ...
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... measured at the time of the survey -- approxi- mately four - tenths had been vacant for less than one month . On the ... measure of the potential supply of avail- able housing because , as families move into them , the units they vacate ...
... measured at the time of the survey -- approxi- mately four - tenths had been vacant for less than one month . On the ... measure of the potential supply of avail- able housing because , as families move into them , the units they vacate ...
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... measure of vacant dwelling units which are housing market for year - round use . It consists of units which are for year - round use , are not dilapi- dated , and are being offered for rent or sale . Ex- cluded are seasonal units ...
... measure of vacant dwelling units which are housing market for year - round use . It consists of units which are for year - round use , are not dilapi- dated , and are being offered for rent or sale . Ex- cluded are seasonal units ...
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... measure of the potential supply of avail- able housing because , as families move into them , the units they vacate frequently become available for occupancy . The proportion of such units varied only slightly from one region to another ...
... measure of the potential supply of avail- able housing because , as families move into them , the units they vacate frequently become available for occupancy . The proportion of such units varied only slightly from one region to another ...
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... measures of the quality of housing . To measure condition , the vacant dwelling units were classified as " not dilapidated " or " dilapidated . " A dwelling unit was reported as dilapidated when it had 7.
... measures of the quality of housing . To measure condition , the vacant dwelling units were classified as " not dilapidated " or " dilapidated . " A dwelling unit was reported as dilapidated when it had 7.
Common terms and phrases
amount asked available for rent available for sale available vacant units awaiting occupancy Census classified Condition and status count Duration of Vacancy excluded farm Fourth quarter held off market homeowner vacancy rate hot running water included Inside SMSA's intended for occupancy lacking facilities Median number meration METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS minor civil divisions months NONFARM AVAILABLE VACANT North Central Northeast number of dwelling number of rooms occupied by persons offered for rent owner Percent distribution persons with usual place of residence plumbing facilities price asked rent or price rental vacancy rate rented or sold reported sale price sampling variability seasonal units Second quarter separate cooking equipment separate living quarters sound or deteriorating standard error standard metropolitan areas Table Third quarter tion total homeowner total rental units unincorporated areas units for rent units for sale units held usual place vacant dwelling units vacant housing units vacant units available
Popular passages
Page 6 - Except in New England, a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) is a county or group of contiguous counties which contains at least one city of 50,000 inhabitants or more or 'twin cities' with a combined population of at least 50,000.
Page 6 - ... twin cities" with a combined population of at least 50,000. In addition to the county, or counties, containing such a city or cities, contiguous counties are included in an SMSA if, according to certain criteria, they are essentially metropolitan in character and are socially and economically integrated with the central city.
Page 5 - A house, an apartment or other group of rooms, or a single room, is regarded as a housing unit when it is occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters; that is, when the occupants do not live and eat with any other persons in the structure and there is either (1 ) direct access from the outside or through a common hall or (2) a kitchen or cooking equipment for the exclusive use of the occupants.
Page 6 - Deteriorating housing needs more repair than would be provided in the course of regular maintenance. It has one or more defects of an Intermediate nature that must be corrected if the unit is to continue to provide safe and adequate shelter.
Page 7 - Except in New England, a standard metropolitan area is a county or group of contiguous counties which contains at least one city of 50,000 inhabitants or more. In addition to the county, or counties, containing such a city, or cities, contiguous counties are included in a standard metropolitan area if according to certain criteria they are essentially metropolitan in character and socially and economically integrated with the central city.
Page 5 - ... persons who consider the hotel as their usual place of residence or have no usual place of residence elsewhere.
Page 6 - towns" are simply minor civil divisions of counties, (c) the densely settled urban fringe, including both incorporated and unincorporated areas, around cities of 50,000 or more, and (d ) unincorporated places of 2,500 inhabitants or more outside any urban fringe.
Page 7 - A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters.
Page 10 - ... any systematic biases in the data. The chances are about 68 out of 100 that an estimate from the sample would differ from a complete census figure by less than the standard error.
Page 8 - The standard error is a measure of sampling variability. The chances are about 2 out of 3 that the difference due to sampling variability between an estimate and the figure that would have been obtained from a complete count of the population is less than the standard error. The amount by which the standard error must be multiplied to obtain other odds deemed more appropriate...