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This report is based on a transcription and tabulation of data from the 1950 Census of Fopulation and Housing. The statistics relate to dwelling units considered substandard by the Public Housing Administration, in accordance with the contract for these statistics between the Bureau of the Census and the Paris Kunicipal Housing Commission.

A dwelling unit is considered substandard by the Public housing Administration if it is either dilapidated or does not have the following plumbing facilities: flush toilet and bath inside the structure for the unit's exclusive use, and hot running water. The Public Housing Administration considers the absence of hot running water to be evidence generally of poor

lity of the dwelling unit, but there may be fuse localities in which the absence of hot running water is not deemed to be a sufficient indication by itself of poor quality. In such Localities, a revised count of substandard units may be obtained from table 1 by subtracting from the total the units which lack hot water only. If it is desired to eliminate the units lacking hot water only from the total count of substandard units, the distributions shown in the tebles will not be materially affected.

The criteria used to define substandard units in these tabulations are not identical with the sing characteristics included in the pubbed reports from the 1940 Census. Therefore, a. comparison of data in this report with the 10 results must be made with extreme care. A 1.rect comparison cannot be made with the 1940 results because information on hot running water was not collected at that time. Further, the data on condition were collected showing dwelling units "needing major repairs," whereas

In 1950 data on condition were collected showing units as "dilapidated." Because the definitions of these two terms differ significantly, the 1940 count of dwelling units needing major repairs and the 1950 count of dilapidated dwelling units are comparable only in a general way.

The data are presented in the series of attached tables. In table 1 the structural and occupancy characteristics are shown for all substandard dwelling units. Table 2 shows the rent paid for renter-occupied substandard units; table 3 shows the condition and plumbing facilities of these same units. Table 4 shows the characteristics of all families (both primary and secondary) living in the substandard units. Table La classifies the primary families by family income. Table 5 classifies primary families with no subfamily or secondary family present, by rent as a percent of family income.

In the contract rent tabulation, dwelling units occupied rent-free are tabulated in the "$9 or less" category. In the gross rent tabulations, however, such units are tabulated as "not reporting," except when utilities were reported.

DEFINITIONS

The definitions used in this special tabulation are generally the same as those used in the 1950 Census of Population and Housing. Some of the more important definitions are given below.

Dwelling unit.--In general, a dwelling unit is a group of rooms or a single room, occupied, or intended for occupance, as separate living quarters by a family or other group of persons living together or by a person living alone.

Primary family. --A primary family consists of two or more persons including the head of the household and all (one or more) persons in the household who are related to the head by blood, marriage, or adoption. It may include a subfamily consisting of a married couple with or without children, or one parent with one or more children under 18 years of age, living in the household and related to but not including the head of the household or his wife. The subfamily is considered a part of the primary family for all tabulation purposes.

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3. The amount of other money income received in 1949, such as interest, dividends, veterans' allowances, pensions, or rents.

Gross rent.--Monthly gross rent is contract rent plus the reported average monthly cost of water, electricity, gas, and other fuel paid for by the renter. If furniture is included in the contract rent, the reported estimated rent of the dwelling unit without furniture is used for the computation instead of the contract rent.

SOURCE AND RELIABILITY OF THE DATA

The data in tables 1 through 4 are based on complete counts, including all dwelling units and families with the specified characteristics. For nonwhite families tables 48 and 5 also represent complete counts, but for white families the distributions involving income in these tables were prepared from data collected on a sample basis. As part of the 1950 Census, family income data were obtained from about onefifth of all families. For these tabulations, however, a subsequent field enumeration was made of families who were not in the original sample but were living in substandard dwelling units. These additional interviews resulted in income data for all nonwhite families and an increase in the income sample for white families above the 20 percent level.

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Although the figures shown in tables 1 through 4 are based on the same data as the forthcoming 1950 Census tabulations of these items, they may differ from those to be published as part of the The present tables were obtained by tabulating directly the data as transcribed in the field offices of the Census Bureau and the figures, therefore, do not include all of the refinements that result from a careful examination of the schedules.

In addition, the data are subject to other biases due to errors of response or nonreporting which cannot be corrected in editing. Factors affecting the accuracy of enumeration include the respondent's knowledge of the facts and the ability of the enumerator to obtain accurate information on such items as income, rent, dilapidation and plumbing facilities. The regular 1950 tabulations are also subject biases.

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Reliability of Estimates in Tables 4a and 5

Because of sampling variability, percentage distributions shown in table 4a for total families and for white families, and all figures in table

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The sampling variability of a specified percentage of total primary families with designated characteristics will vary according to the proportion of white families and nonwhite families Saking up this percentage. For example, consider the sampling variability of a figure of 1 percent based on total primary families. The maximum sempling error to be expected of such a figure would occur when the entire 10 percent includes only white primary families and the chances are about 19 out of 20 that this sampling error would not exceed 1.8 percent. If the entire 10 percent includes only nonwhite primary families no sampling error would be present. For other specific characteristics composed of 10 percent of total primary families the sampling variability may assume any value up to the

Reliability of absolute figures in table 5.-The approximate sampling variability of the absolute figures in table 5 is shown below. The chances are 19 out of 20 that differences between the numbers shown in table 5 and the numbers that would have been obtained from a complete census would be less than the sampling errors which follow.

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BY TENURE AND COLOR OF OCCUPANTS, FOR PARIS, KENTUCKY: 1950

(A substandard dwelling unit is defined by the Public Housing Administration as a unit which is either dilapidated or does not have all of the following plumbing facilities: flush toilet and bath inside the structure for the unit's exclusive use, and hot running water)

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TUTIAL AND OCCUPANCY CHARACTERISTICS, CONDITION, AND PLUMBING FACILITIES OF OCCUPIEL JURG” VILAND DWELLING UNITO,
BY TENURE AND COLOR OF CODORANTS, FOR PARIS, KENTUCKY: 1950--Con.

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Table 2.--CONTRACT AND GROSS RENT OF RENTER-OCCUPIED SUBTANDARD DWELLING UNITS, BY COLOR OF OCCUPANTS,
FOR PARIS, KENTUCKY: 1950

(See table 1 for the Public Housing Administration definition of substandard dwelling unit)

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