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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... statistics So that the designation of urban housing is the same for both years . The rural classification comprises a vari- ety of residences , such as isolated homes in the open country and dwelling units in villages and hamlets of ...
... statistics So that the designation of urban housing is the same for both years . The rural classification comprises a vari- ety of residences , such as isolated homes in the open country and dwelling units in villages and hamlets of ...
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... statistics are not pro- vided for farm units because of the difficulty of separating the rental of the dwelling unit from that for the entire farm unit . The median monthly rent of the dwelling units is the rent which divides the series ...
... statistics are not pro- vided for farm units because of the difficulty of separating the rental of the dwelling unit from that for the entire farm unit . The median monthly rent of the dwelling units is the rent which divides the series ...
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... statistics so that the desig- nation of urban housing is the same for both years . The rural classification comprises a variety of residences , such as isolated homes in the open coun- try and dwelling units in villages and hamlets of ...
... statistics so that the desig- nation of urban housing is the same for both years . The rural classification comprises a variety of residences , such as isolated homes in the open coun- try and dwelling units in villages and hamlets of ...
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... statistics reflect the number of vacant dwelling units classified by the number of dwelling units in the structure in which they are located , rather than on the number of residential structures that contain vacant units . In the 1955 ...
... statistics reflect the number of vacant dwelling units classified by the number of dwelling units in the structure in which they are located , rather than on the number of residential structures that contain vacant units . In the 1955 ...
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... statistics reflect whether all or not all of these utilities are provided for in the amount of rent asked at the time of enumeration , not what could be provided for more or less rent . Data on the inclusion of utilities are limited to ...
... statistics reflect whether all or not all of these utilities are provided for in the amount of rent asked at the time of enumeration , not what could be provided for more or less rent . Data on the inclusion of utilities are limited to ...
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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
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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 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...