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RECTYP (H 1)
Record type 

For directions on reading the variable description see Data Dictionary Introduction.

Availability: 
 
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M User Caution: RECTYP is an alphabetic variable. 

Universe: 
All households. 

Codes and Frequencies

Description/ Comparability: 
RECTYP assigns all household records the alphabetic string "H." This allows users to discriminate between household and person records; the latter are assigned the string "P" in the person-record variable RECTYP. Each household record is followed by one or more person records, and all data pertaining to any household pertains to all of the persons within it. 

This variable is fully comparable across all census years.
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