- Description
- Codes
- Comparability
- Universe
- Availability
- Questionnaire Text
- Flags
- Source Variables
- Editing Procedure
Description
BUILTYR reports the estimated age of the structure, in years. The original question asked the year in which the structure was first completed. For the IPUMS, the age of structures was calculated from these answers to create a variable more comparable across years.
This variable is particularly susceptible to response errors and non-reporting, since respondents often relied on their memory or estimation to arrive at an answer. In the 1990 U.S. Census only, the questionnaire included a "don't know" response (the 1990 Puerto Rican census did not include a "don't know" response), but the Census Bureau allocated values for those cases, so the "don't know" response does not appear in the IPUMS.
Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
| Code | Label |
2000
1pct
|
1990
1pct
|
1980
1pct
|
1970
met2
|
1970
met1
|
1960
1pct
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | N/A | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 1 | 0-1 year old | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 2 | 2-5 years | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 3 | 6-10 years | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 4 | 11-20 years | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 5 | 21-30 years | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 6 | 31-40 years (31+ in 1960 and 1970 | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 7 | 41-50 years (41+ in 1980) | X | X | X | · | · | · |
| 8 | 51-60 years (51+ in 1990) | X | X | · | · | · | · |
| 9 | 61+ years | X | · | · | · | · | · |
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Comparability
Apart from different topcodes, this variable is comparable across census years and the 2000 ACS. This variable is not available in the ACS or PRCS samples after 2000. Those samples provide the similar variable BUILTYR2. It was not possible to produce a single harmonized variable across the years 1960-2003.
Universe
- Not group quarters.
Availability
- 2023: --
- 2022: --
- 2021: --
- 2020: --
- 2019: --
- 2018: --
- 2017: --
- 2016: --
- 2015: --
- 2014: --
- 2013: --
- 2012: --
- 2011: --
- 2010: --
- 2009: --
- 2008: --
- 2007: --
- 2006: --
- 2005: --
- 2004: --
- 2003: --
- 2002: --
- 2001: --
- 2000: All samples
- 1990: All samples
- 1980: All samples
- 1970: All samples
- 1960: All samples
- 1950: --
- 1940: --
- 1930: --
- 1920: --
- 1910: --
- 1900: --
- 1880: --
- 1870: --
- 1860: --
- 1850: --
- 2023: --
- 2022: --
- 2021: --
- 2020: --
- 2019: --
- 2018: --
- 2017: --
- 2016: --
- 2015: --
- 2014: --
- 2013: --
- 2012: --
- 2011: --
- 2010: --
- 2009: --
- 2008: --
- 2007: --
- 2006: --
- 2005: --
- 2000: All samples
- 1990: All samples
- 1980: All samples
- 1970: All samples
- 1930: --
- 1920: --
- 1910: --
Questionnaire Text
| 2000 1% |
| 1990 1% |
| 1980 1% |
| 1970 Form 2 Metro |
| 1970 Form 1 Metro |
| 1960 1% |
[] 1995 to 1998
[] 1990 to 1994
[] 1980 to 1989
[] 1970 to 1979
[] 1960 to 1969
[] 1950 to 1959
[] 1940 to 1949
[] 1939 or earlier
[] 1985 to 1988
[] 1980 to 1984
[] 1970 to 1979
[] 1960 to 1969
[] 1950 to 1959
[] 1940 to 1949
[] 1939 or earlier
[] Don't know
"Fill the circle corresponding to the period in which the original construction was completed, not the time of any later remodeling, additions, or conversions. In buildings containing more than one apartment, the owner, manager, or janitor may be of help in determining when the building was built. If you live in a houseboat or a trailer or mobile home, fill the circle corresponding to the model year in which it was manufactured. If you do not know the period when the building was first constructed, fill the circle for Don't know."
H18. About when was this building originally built? Mark when the building was first constructed, not when it was remodeled, added to, or converted.
[] 1975 to 1978 [] 1950 to 1959 [] 1939 or earlier
H15. About when was this building originally built?
[] 1965 to 1968 [] 1940 to 1949
[] 1960 or 1964 [] 1939 or earlier
H15. About when was this building originally built?
[] 1965 to 1968 [] 1940 to 1949
[] 1960 or 1964 [] 1939 or earlier
Flags
QBUILTYREditing Procedure
There is no editing procedure available for this variable.