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Description
HEATING reports the principle means by which the housing unit was heated.
Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
Code | Label |
1980
1pct
|
1970
met2
|
1970
met1
|
1960
1pct
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
00 | N/A | X | X | X | X |
10 | Not heated | X | X | X | X |
20 | Steam or hot-water system | X | X | X | X |
30 | Central warm-air furnace | X | X | X | X |
40 | Built-in electric unit | · | X | X | X |
41 | Electric heat pump | X | · | · | · |
42 | Other built-in electric units | X | · | · | · |
50 | Floor, wall, or pipeless furnace | X | X | X | X |
Other, 1960: | |||||
61 | All other, with flue | · | · | · | X |
62 | All other, without flue | · | · | · | X |
Other, 1970 and 1980: | |||||
63 | Room heater, liquid fuel, with flue | X | X | X | · |
64 | Room heater, liquid fuel, without flue | X | X | X | · |
65 | Fireplace, coal/wood stove, or portable room heater | X | X | X | · |
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Comparability
This variable means the same thing for all years, but the categories change.
Electric or central heat pumps (reverse cycle systems) are part of the "central warm air furnace" category for 1970. For 1980, they are explicitly excluded from this category and are placed in a separate category (they are not mentioned on the form in 1960). For comparability across years, users should combine "central warm air furnace" (code 30) and the built-in electric unit categories (codes 40 through 42).
The "other" category is less detailed in 1960 than in later years. In 1960, "all other" means of heating were divided between those with and without a flue. In 1970-1980, room heaters burning liquid fuel, with and without a flue, were identified, as was a separate category for "fireplace, coal/wood stove, or portable room heater." For comparability across years, users should combine all "other" categories (codes 61 through 65).
Universe
- 1960: Not group quarters.
- 1970-1980: Not group quarters; not available for Puerto Rico.
Availability
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- 1980: All samples
- 1970: All samples
- 1960: All samples
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Questionnaire Text
1980 1% |
1970 Form 2 Metro |
1970 Form 1 Metro |
1960 1% |
H20. How are your living quarters heated?
Fill one circle for the kind of heat used most.
[] Central warm-air furnace with ducts to the individual rooms (Do not count electric heat pumps here)
[] Electric heat pump
[] Other built-in electric units (permanently installed in wall, ceiling, or baseboard)
[] Floor, wall, or pipeless furnace
[] Room heaters with flue or vent, burning gas, oil, or kerosene
[] Room heaters without flue or vent, burning gas, oil, or kerosene (not portable)
[] Fireplaces, stoves, or portable room heaters of any kind
[] No heating equipment
"This question refers to the type of heating equipmentand not to the fuel used. An electric heat pumpis sometimes known as a reverse cycle system. It may be centrally installed with ducts to the rooms or individual heat pumps in the rooms. A floor, well, or pipeless furnace delivers warm air to the room right above the furnace or to the room(s) on one or both sides of the wall in which the furnace is installed and does not have ducts leading to the other rooms. Any heater that you plug into an electric outlet should be counted as a portable room heater."
H14. How are your living quarters heated?
[] Central warm air furnace with ducts to the individual rooms, or central heat pump
[] Built-in electric units (permanently installed in wall, ceiling, or baseboard)
[] Floor, wall, or pipeless furnace
[] Room heaters with flue or vent, burning gas, oil, or kerosene
[] Room heaters without flue or vent, burning gas, oil, or kerosene (not portable)
[] Fireplaces, stoves, or portable room heaters of any kind
In some other way--Describe ____________________
[] None, unit has no heating equipment
H14. How are your living quarters heated?
[] Central warm air furnace with ducts to the individual rooms, or central heat pump
[] Built-in electric units (permanently installed in wall, ceiling, or baseboard)
[] Floor, wall, or pipeless furnace
[] Room heaters with flue or vent, burning gas, oil, or kerosene
[] Room heaters without flue or vent, burning gas, oil, or kerosene (not portable)
[] Fireplaces, stoves, or portable room heaters of any kind
In some other way--Describe ____________________
[] None, unit has no heating equipment
H21. How is your house or apartment heated? Check ONLY the kind of heat you use the most.
[] 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
Flags
QHEATINGEditing Procedure
There is no editing procedure available for this variable.