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Description
GQTYPE reports the type of group quarters within which a group-quarters member resided. With this variable, users can distinguish between institutions and non-institutional group quarters, identify broad categories of institutions (e.g., mental institutions versus correctional institutions), and, for some years, isolate very specific types of group quarters (e.g., old soldiers' home).
Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
Code | Label |
2023
acs
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2022
acs
|
2021
acs
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2016
acs
|
2011
acs
|
2006
acs
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2000
1pct
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1990
1pct
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1980
1pct
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1970
met2
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1970
met1
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1960
1pct
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1950
1pct
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1940
1pct
|
1930
1pct
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1920
1pct
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1910
1pct
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1900
1pct
|
1880
1pct
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1870
1pct
|
1860
1pct
|
1850
1%+
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0 | NA (non-group quarters households) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Institution (1990, 2000, ACS/PRCS) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
2 | Correctional institutions | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
3 | Mental institutions | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
4 | Institutions for the elderly, handicapped, and poor | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Non-institutional group quarters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Non-institutional GQ | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | · | · | · | · | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | · | · | · |
6 | Military | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | X | X | X | X | · | · | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
7 | College dormitory | · | · | · | · | · | · | X | · | X | X | X | X | · | · | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
8 | Rooming house | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | X | X | X | X | · | · | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
9 | Other non-institutional GQ and unknown | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | · | X | X | X | X | · | · | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
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Comparability
The definition of what constituted group quarters was not the same for all years; see GQ for discussion of this issue.
The detail with which group quarters types were identified varied considerably across years. The 1850-1930 and 1950 samples offer the most detailed categories, while 1990-2010 simply divide group quarters into "institutions" and "non-institutional group quarters." In 2000, we were able to use additional variables to clearly separate persons in college dormitories and military housing from those in other sorts of non-institutional group quarters.
In 1940-1950 and 1980-2010, non-inmates (such as employees) in institutions are classified as non-institutional, but prior to 1940 and in 1960-1970, they are classified as institutional residents.
The 1850-1930 samples (except for the 1910 Preston sample and the 1910-1920 Puerto Rican samples) include the record of every person in households with fewer than 30 people (see SAMPRULE and "Sample Designs"). In the 1910 Preston sample and the 1910 and 1920 Puerto Rican samples, the records of every person in households with fewer than 20 people are included (see SAMPRULE). If such units contained 10 or more people unrelated to the head, they are classified as group quarters in the IPUMS. Some of these units contain a primary family but also include 10 or more persons unrelated to the head. These units are classified as "other group quarters" in the GQ variable, but they can be identified by their GQTYPE code of 010. Other large units consist entirely of unrelated individuals. These units are also considered "other group quarters" in GQ, but they have a GQTYPE code of 020.
- User Note: The Census Bureau did not collect information on the type of group quarters in the 1910 census. This is reflected in the 1910 complete count file, where all group-quarters units have been assigned a GQ code of 4 (other group quarters). Values for GQ, GQTYPE, and GQFUNDS in the 1910 1% and 1.4% samples have been imputed.
Universe
- Group quarters.
Availability
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- 1960: All samples
- 1950: 1%
- 1940: All samples
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- 1920: All samples
- 1910: 1%; 1.4% ovrsmp
- 1900: All samples
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Questionnaire Text
[ ] A one-family house detached from any other house
[ ] A one-family house attached to one or more houses
[ ] A building with 2 apartments
[ ] A building with 3 or 4 apartments
[ ] A building with 5 to 9 apartments
[ ] A building with 10 to 19 apartments
[ ] A building with 20-49 apartments
[ ] A building with 50 or more apartments
[ ] Boat, RV, van, etc.
[ ] A one-family house detached from any other house
[ ] A one-family house attached to one or more houses
[ ] A building with 2 apartments
[ ] A building with 3 or 4 apartments
[ ] A building with 5 to 9 apartments
[ ] A building with 10 to 19 apartments
[ ] A building with 20-49 apartments
[ ] A building with 50 or more apartments
[ ] Boat, RV, van, etc.
[ ] A one-family house detached from any other house
[ ] A one-family house attached to one or more houses
[ ] A building with 2 apartments
[ ] A building with 3 or 4 apartments
[ ] A building with 5 to 9 apartments
[ ] A building with 10 to 19 apartments
[ ] A building with 20-49 apartments
[ ] A building with 50 or more apartments
[ ] Boat, RV, van, etc.
[ ] A one-family house detached from any other house
[ ] A one-family house attached to one or more houses
[ ] A building with 2 apartments
[ ] A building with 3 or 4 apartments
[ ] A building with 5 to 9 apartments
[ ] A building with 10 to 19 apartments
[ ] A building with 20-49 apartments
[ ] A building with 50 or more apartments
[ ] Boat, RV, van, etc.
Count both occupied and vacant apartments in the house or building. Do not count stores or office space.
Detached means there is open space on all sides, or the house is joined only to a shed or garage. Attached means that the house is joined to another house or building by at least one wall that goes from ground to roof. An example of A one-family house attached to one or more houses is a house in a row of houses attached to one another, sometimes referred to as a townhouse.
A mobile home that has had one or more rooms added or built onto it should be considered as A one-family house detached from any other house. If only a porch or shed has been added to a mobile home, it should be considered as a mobile home.
Towable RVs, such as travel trailers or fifth-wheel trailers, should be considered as A mobile home. Self-propelling RVs or motorhomes should be considered as a Boat, RV, van, etc.
[ ] A one-family house detached from any other house
[ ] A one-family house attached to one or more houses
[ ] A building with 2 apartments
[ ] A building with 3 or 4 apartments
[ ] A building with 5 to 9 apartments
[ ] A building with 10 to 19 apartments
[ ] A building with 20-49 apartments
[ ] A building with 50 or more apartments
[ ] Boat, RV, van, etc.
Count both occupied and vacant apartments in the house or building. Do not count stores or office space.
Detached means there is open space on all sides, or the house is joined only to a shed or garage. Attached means that the house is joined to another house or building by at least one wall that goes from ground to roof. An example of A one-family house attached to one or more houses is a house in a row of houses attached to one another, sometimes referred to as a townhouse.
A mobile home that has had one or more rooms added or built onto it should be considered as A one-family house detached from any other house. If only a porch or shed has been added to a mobile home, it should be considered as a mobile home.
Towable RVs, such as travel trailers or fifth-wheel trailers, should be considered as A mobile home. Self-propelling RVs or motorhomes should be considered as a Boat, RV, van, etc.
[ ] A one-family house detached from any other house
[ ] A one-family house attached to one or more houses
[ ] A building with 2 apartments
[ ] A building with 3 or 4 apartments
[ ] A building with 5 to 9 apartments
[ ] A building with 10 to 19 apartments
[ ] A building with 20-49 apartments
[ ] A building with 50 or more apartments
[ ] Boat, RV, van, etc.
Count both occupied and vacant apartments in the house or building. Do not count stores or office space.
Detached means there is open space on all sides, or the house is joined only to a shed or garage. Attached means that the house is joined to another house or building by at least one wall that goes from ground to roof. An example of A one-family house attached to one or more houses is a house in a row of houses attached to one another, sometimes referred to as a townhouse.
A mobile home that has had one or more rooms added or built onto it should be considered as A one-family house detached from any other house. If only a porch or shed has been added to a mobile home, it should be considered as a mobile home.
[] A one-family house detached from any other house
[] A one-family house attached to one or more houses
[] A building with 2 apartments
[] A building with 3 or 4 apartments
[] A building with 5 to 9 apartments
[] A building with 10 to 19 apartments
[] A building with 20 to 49 apartments
[] A building with 50 or more apartments
[] Boat, RV, van, etc.
[] A one-family house detached from any other house
[] A one-family house attached to one or more houses
[] A building with 2 apartments
[] A building with 3 or 4 apartments
[] A building with 5 to 9 apartments
[] A building with 10 to 19 apartments
[] A building with 20 to 49 apartments
[] A building with 50 or more apartments
[] Other
"Fill only one circle. Count all occupied and vacant apartments in the house or building. Do not count stores or office space. Detached means there is open space on all sides, or the house is joined only to a shed or garage. Attached means that the house is joined to another house or building by at least one wall that goes from ground to roof. An example of A one-family house attached to one or more houses is a row of houses attached to one another. A mobile home or trailer that has had one or more rooms added or built onto it should be counted as a one-family detached house; a porch or shed is not considered a room."
H4. How many living quarters, occupied and vacant, are at this address?
[] 2 apartments or living quarters
[] 3 apartments or living quarters
[] 4 apartments or living quarters
[] 5 apartments or living quarters
[] 6 apartments or living quarters
[] 7 apartments or living quarters
[] 8 apartments or living quarters
[] 10 or more apartments or living quarters
[] This is a mobile home or trailer
"Mark only one circle. This address means the house or building number where your living quarters are located."
A. How many living quarters, occupied and vacant, are at this address?
[] 2 apartments or living quarters
[] 3 apartments or living quarters
[] 4 apartments or living quarters
[] 5 apartments or living quarters
[] 6 apartments or living quarters
[] 7 apartments or living quarters
[] 8 apartments or living quarters
[] 9 apartments or living quarters
[] 10 or more apartments or living quarters
[] This is a mobile home or trailer
A. How many living quarters, occupied and vacant, are at this address?
[] 2 apartments or living quarters
[] 3 apartments or living quarters
[] 4 apartments or living quarters
[] 5 apartments or living quarters
[] 6 apartments or living quarters
[] 7 apartments or living quarters
[] 8 apartments or living quarters
[] 9 apartments or living quarters
[] 10 or more apartments or living quarters
[] This is a mobile home or trailer
H29. Number of units in structure
[] 1, attached
[] 2
[] 3-4
[] 5-9...................... If 5 or more -
[] 10-19.................. Fill items H20,
[] 20-49.................. H21, H22A, and
[] 50 or more.......... H22C in Questionnaire
84. Item e-Hotel, large rooming house, institution, military installation, etc.-If you are enumerating the population of a hotel, a large rooming house, an institution, a military installation, etc., enter the full name of the place in the space provided.
In the space provided for "Type," enter the kind of place, such as "Hotel," "YMCA," "Army camp." If it is an institution, indicate the kind of person cared for and the kind of agency which operates the institution. For example: "State mental hospital," "Private home for the aged," "County poor farm," "Private nursing home," "State prison."
For each place, enter also the numbers of the lines which you use on that schedule for persons enumerated at the place.
Paragraph 89 shows a list of the kinds of places for which entries should be made in item e.
89. Special types of living quarters to be described in item e.-Following is a list of the types of places for which entries must be made under "Hotel, large rooming house, institution, military installation, etc.," in the heading of the schedule:
b. Other special types of living quarters:
2. Convents and monasteries.
3. Dormitories for workers.
4. Crew quarters on inland vessels.
5. Military installations.
6. College dormitories fraternity houses, and lodging houses devoted to students.
7. General hospitals.
8. Hotels, missions, "flophouses," etc.
9. Large lodging houses, residential clubs.
10. MCA YWCA, YMHA, YWHA.
11. Summer camps, tent camps, trailer camps, tourist courts, and motels.
12. School dormitories in schools below college level.
Name of incorporated city, town, or village within the above-named division, ___________.
In the column numbered 2 is to be entered the number, in the order of visitation, of each family residing in the district. The word family, for the purposes of the census, includes persons living alone, as previously described, equally with families in the ordinary sense of that term, and also all larger aggregations of people having only the tie of a common roof and table. A hotel, with all its inmates, constitutes but one family within the meaning of this term. A hospital, a prison, an asylum is equally a family for the purposes of the census. On the other hand, the solitary inmate of a cabin, a loft, or a room finished off above a store constitutes a family in the meaning of the census act. In the case, however, of tenement houses and of the so-called "fiats" of the great cities, as many families are to be recorded as there are separate tables.
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QGQTYPEEditing Procedure
There is no editing procedure available for this variable.