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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... reported as dilapidated it had serious deficiencies , was rundown neglected , or was of inadequate original construction , so that it did not provide ade- quate shelter or protection against the ele- ments or endangered the safety of ...
... reported as dilapidated it had serious deficiencies , was rundown neglected , or was of inadequate original construction , so that it did not provide ade- quate shelter or protection against the ele- ments or endangered the safety of ...
Page 12
... reported as having no bedroom . Also , space which could be made into bedrooms ( the upper floor of a 11⁄2 - story house , for example ) was not counted as a bedroom unless it was finished off and suitable for use as living quarters ...
... reported as having no bedroom . Also , space which could be made into bedrooms ( the upper floor of a 11⁄2 - story house , for example ) was not counted as a bedroom unless it was finished off and suitable for use as living quarters ...
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... reported " occupied " and would be included in the count occupied units since the occupants are only tempo- rarily absent . of Nonresident units in the 1955 statistics are included with seasonal units or with year - round vacant units ...
... reported " occupied " and would be included in the count occupied units since the occupants are only tempo- rarily absent . of Nonresident units in the 1955 statistics are included with seasonal units or with year - round vacant units ...
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... reported as dilapidated when it had serious deficiencies , was rundown or neglected , or was of inadequate original construc- tion , so that it did not provide adequate shelter or protection against the elements or endangered the safety ...
... reported as dilapidated when it had serious deficiencies , was rundown or neglected , or was of inadequate original construc- tion , so that it did not provide adequate shelter or protection against the elements or endangered the safety ...
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... reported as having no bedroom . Also , space which could be made into bedrooms ( the upper floor of a 1 - story ... reported would be " 1 to 2 months , " meaning that the unit had been vacant for more than one month but less than two ...
... reported as having no bedroom . Also , space which could be made into bedrooms ( the upper floor of a 1 - story ... reported would be " 1 to 2 months , " meaning that the unit had been vacant for more than one month but less than two ...
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 renter-occupied 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 unincorporated areas unit became vacant units for rent units for sale units held usual place vacant dwelling units vacant housing units vacant units available
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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 8 - ... 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 7 - 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 8 - 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 7 - ... 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 - 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...