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## 1970 (Housing)

The first 13 questions on the 1970 census housing questionnaire were asked of all households.  The rest were asked of either a 5 or 15 percent sample, with some overlap.  As with previous housing questionnaires, most questions had only a list of items for the respondent to choose from; these items are listed where relevant.  The 1970 census of housing collected the following information, listed by question number:

The following questions were asked of all households
                        - How many living quarters, occupied or vacant, are at this address?
                        - Is there a telephone on which people in your living quarters can be called?  If so, what is that number?
                        - Do you enter your living quarters-                               - Directly from the outside or through a common or public hall?
                          - Through someone else's living quarters
                        - Do you have complete (a sink with piped water, a range or cook stove, and a refrigerator) kitchen facilities?                               - Yes, for this household only
                          - Yes, but also used by another household
                          - No complete kitchen for this household
                        - How many rooms do you have in your living quarters, not counting bathrooms?
                        - Is there hot and cold piped water in this building?                               - Yes, hot and cold piped water in this building
                          - No, only cold piped water in this building
                          - No piped water in this building
                        - Do you have a flush toilet?                               - Yes, for this household only
                          - Yes, but also used by another household
                          - No flush toilet for this household
                        - Do you have a bathtub or shower?                               - Yes, for this household only
                          - Yes, but also used by another household
                          - No bathtub or shower
                        - Is there a basement in this building?                               - Yes
                          - No, built on a concrete slab
                          - No, built in another way (Including mobile homes and trailers)
                        - Are your living quarters-                               - Owned or being bought by you or someone else in this household?
                          - A cooperative or condominium which is owned or bought by you or someone else in this household?
                          - Rented for cash rent
                          - Occupied without the payment of cash rent
                          - Is this building a one family house?                                     - Yes
                            - No, a building for 2 or more families or a mobile home or trailer
                          - If yes, is this house on a place of 10 acres or more, or is any part of this property used as a commercial establishment or office?
                        - If you live in a one family house which you own or are buying- What is the value of this property?  That is, how much do you think this property (house and lot) would sell for if it were for sale?
                        - If you pay rent...                               - What is the monthly rent?
                          - If rent is not paid by the month, what is the rent and what period of time does it cover?

The following questions were asked of a sample of respondents
                        - If paying rent, in addition to the rent you listed in question 12, do you also pay for...                               - Electricity?                                     - Yes, the average monthly cost is...
                            - No, included in the rent
                            - No, electricity is not used
                          - Gas?                                     - Yes, the average monthly cost is...
                            - No, included in the rent
                            - No, gas is not used
                          - Water?                                     - Yes, the average monthly cost is...
                            - No, included in the rent
                            - No, water is not used
                          - Oil, coal, kerosene, wood, etc?                                     - Yes, the average monthly cost is...
                            - No, included in the rent
                            - No, these fuels not used
                        - How are your living quarters heated?                               - Steam or hot water system
                          - Central warm air furnace with ducts to individual rooms, or central heat pump
                          - Built-in electric  units
                          - 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
                          - Fireplaces, stoves, or portable room heaters of any kind
                          - Other
                          - None, unit has no heating equipment
                        - About when was this building originally built?
                        - Which best describes this building?                               - A one-family house detached from any other house
                          - A one-family house attached to one or more houses
                          - A building for 2 families
                          - A building for 3 or 4 families
                          - A building for 5 to 9 families
                          - A building for 10 to 19 families
                          - A building for 20 to 49 families
                          - A building for 50 or more families
                          - A mobile home or trailer
                          - Other
                        - Is this building...                               - On a city or suburban lot
                          - On a place of less than 10 acres
                          - On a place of 10 acres or more
                        - Last year, how much did sales of crops and livestock and other farm products amount to?
                        - Do you get water from-                               - A public system
                          - An individual well
                          - Some other source
                        - Is the building connected to a public sewer?                               - Yes, connected to a public sewer
                          - No, connected to a septic tank or cesspool
                          - No, use other means
                        - How many bathrooms (partial and complete) do you have?
                        - Do you have air conditioning?                               - yes, 1 individual room unit
                          - yes, 2 or more individual room units
                          - Yes, a central air-conditioning system
                          - No
                        - How many passenger automobiles are owned or regularly used by members of your household?                               - None
                          - 1 automobile
                          - 2 automobiles
                          - 3 automobiles or more
                          - How many stories (floors) in this building?
                          - If more than four stories, does the building have an elevator?
                          - Which fuel is used for cooking?                                     - Gas from underground pipes serving the neighborhood
                            - Gas from bottles, tank, or LP
                            - Electricity
                            - Fuel, kerosene, etc.
                            - Coal or coke
                            - Wood
                            - Other fuel
                            - No fuel used
                          - Which fuel is used most for house heating?                                     - Gas from underground pipes serving the neighborhood
                            - Gas from bottles, tank, or LP
                            - Electricity
                            - Fuel, kerosene, etc.
                            - Coal or coke
                            - Wood
                            - Other fuel
                            - No fuel used
                          - Which fuel is used most for water heating?                                     - Gas from underground pipes serving the neighborhood
                            - Gas from bottles, tank, or LP
                            - Electricity
                            - Fuel, kerosene, etc.
                            - Coal or coke
                            - Wood
                            - Other fuel
                            - No fuel used
                        - How many bedrooms do you have?
                          - Do you have a clothes washing machine?                                     - Yes, automatic or semi-automatic
                            - Yes, wringer or separate spinner
                            - No
                          - Do you have a clothes dryer?                                     - Yes, electrically heated
                            - Yes, gas heated
                            - No
                          - Do you have a dishwasher?
                          - Do you have a home food freezer which is separate from your refrigerator?
                          - Do you have a television set?                                     - Yes, one set
                            - Yes, two or mores sets
                            - No
                          - If yes- is any set equipped to receive UHF broadcasts, that is, channels 14 through 83?
                        - Do you have a battery-operated radio?
                        - Do you (or any member of your family) own a second home or other living quarters which you occupy sometime during the year?

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