- Description
- Codes
- Comparability
- Universe
- Availability
- Questionnaire Text
- Flags
- Source Variables
- Editing Procedure
Description
MORTOTAL reports the household's total monthly mortgage payment obligations, including second mortgages and such extras as property taxes and insurance. Other variables (TAXINCL, INSINCL) reveal whether real estate taxes and property insurance premiums were part of the total mortgage payment. Amounts are given even if payments were delinquent or paid by someone outside the household.
This variable is only available for 1980. MORTOTAL is a 4-digit numeric code which the household's total monthly mortgage payment obligations, including second mortgages and such extras as property taxes and insurance. Other variables (TAXINCL, INSINCL) reveal whether real estate taxes and property insurance premiums were part of the total mortgage payment. Amounts are given even if payments were delinquent or paid by someone outside the household. MORTOTAL specific variable codes for missing, edited, or unidentified observations, observations not applicable (N/A), observations not in universe (NIU), top and bottom value coding, etc. are provided below by Census year (and data sample if specified).
User Note: Similar information can be created for households in the 1990-2000 censuses, the ACS, and the PRCS by adding together the figures for MORTAMT1 and MORTAMT2.
MORTOTAL Specific Variable Codes
0000 = N/A or No regular payment
1500 = $1,500 (Top Code: 1980)
Universe
- Mortgaged, owner-occupied, single-unit houses on less than ten acres, with no business or medical office on the property; not mobile homes, trailers, and condominiums; not group quarters.
Availability
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- 1980: All samples
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- 1980: All samples
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Flags
QMORTOTAEditing Procedure
There is no editing procedure available for this variable.