Codes and Frequencies
| Code | Label |
usa
1960
|
|---|---|---|
| 0 | NIU (not in universe) | 49,228 |
| 1 | Not heated | 4,991 |
| 2 | Steam or hot-water system | 119,799 |
| 3 | Central warm-air furnace | 173,557 |
| 4 | Built-in electric unit | 6,558 |
| 5 | Floor, wall, or pipeless furnace | 60,917 |
| 6 | All other, with flue | 112,213 |
| 7 | All other, without flue | 51,949 |
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Description
This variable indicates the principle means by which the housing unit was heated.
Universe
- United States 1960: Private dwellings
Availability
- United States: 1960
Questionnaire Text
[All]
H21. How is your house or apartment heated?
Check only the kind of heat you use the most.
Heated by:
[] Steam or hot water
[] Warm air furnace with individual room registers
[] Floor, wall, or pipeless furnace
[] Built-in electric units
[] Room heater(s) connected to chimney or flue
[] Room heater(s) not connected to chimney or flue
[] Other method - Write in:
_____
[] Warm air furnace with individual room registers
[] Floor, wall, or pipeless furnace
[] Built-in electric units
[] Room heater(s) connected to chimney or flue
[] Room heater(s) not connected to chimney or flue
[] Other method - Write in:
_____
[] Not heated
Integrated variables
- None