Average Monthly Contract Rent - T172_001 - Average Monthly Contract Rent - Social Explorer Tables (SE) - Survey Census 1960 Tracts Only Set

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Census 1960 Tracts Only Set

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Survey: Census 1960 Tracts Only Set

Data Source:

Social Explorer & U.S. Census Bureau - DUALabs

Data set: Social Explorer Tables (SE)

Table:

T172. Average Monthly Contract Rent [1]

Universe: Renter-Occupied Units Reporting Rent

Variable Details

T172.

Average Monthly Contract Rent

Universe: Renter-Occupied Units Reporting Rent

T172_001Average Monthly Contract Rent

Percent base:

None - percentages not computed

Aggregation method:

Division of Sums: variables: Sum(T171_001) / Sum(T170_001)

Formula used to compute this variable:

if( ORG:A009_001 == 0) Return_Value.IsNull = true; else Return_Value = ORG:A010_001 * 10 / ORG:A009_001;

Variables used in the formula:
ORG:A009_001	Count of Renter-Occupied Units Reporting Rent: Count of Renter-Occupied Units Reporting Rent
ORG:A010_001	Total Aggregate $ Monthly Contract Rent

Relevant Documentation:

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; U.S. Censuses of Population and Housing: 1960. Census Tracts. Final Report PHC(1)-11. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1962.
	Census Tract Data, 1940-1970: Elizabeth Mullen Bogue File -> Census Tracts -> Housing Characteristics -> Contract rent

Contract rent

Contract rent is the rent agreed upon regardless of any furnishings, utilities, or services that may be include "Renter-occupied units" for which no cash rent was paid we excluded from the computation of the median. In rural territory rent data exclude rent for farm units.

In the 1950 tract report, contract rent was not published separately for renter-occupied units (except for nonwhite rented occupied units) but was shown in combination with vacant unit available for rent.