1970 American Samoa Housing

Table A-1. Computer Allocation Rates for Nonresponse or Inconsistency: 1970
The Area Districts	Total	Manu'a	Swains Island	Tutuila, Eastern	Tutuila, Western
All year-round housing units (number)	4490	438	15	2559	1478
Water Supply	7.5	5.7		7.8	7.5
Hot and cold piped water in structure	0.8	2.3		0.5	0.9
Only cold piped water in structure	5.2	2.1		5.8	5.2
No piped water in structure	1.4	1.4		1.5	1.4
Source of Water	3.9	2.1		4.9	2.8
Public system, piped into structure	2.2	0.5		2.8	1.6
Private cistern, tanks, or drums	0.5			0.5	0.5
Individual well					0.1
Public standpipe or street hydrant	1.0	1.6		1.3	0.2
Other source	0.3			0.2	0.4
Flush toilet	2.8	0.9		3.6	2.3
Flush toilet inside structure	0.9			1.1	0.9
No flush toilet inside structure	1.9	0.9		2.5	1.4
Bathtub or shower	4.7	2.1		5.4	4.5
For own use	2.4			2.8	2.4
Also used by another household
No bathtub or shower	2.4	2.1		2.5	2.2
Cooking facilities	3.7	2.5		4.3	3.0
For own use, inside structure	1.6			2.1	1.4
For own use, outside structure	1.6	1.8		1.8	1.2
Also used by another household	0.1	0.2		0.2	0.1
No cooking facilities	0.4	0.5		0.3	0.4
Units in structure	7.3	32.2		5	3.9
1 unit	6.6	30.8		4.3	3.5
2 units or more	0.6	1.4		0.5	0.4
Mobile home or trailer				0.1
Year structure built	3.6	2.3		4.5	2.5
1969 or 1970	0.4			0.6	0.3
1965 to 1968	1.4	0.9		1.5	1.2
1960 to 1964	1.0	0.7		1.1	0.9
1950 to 1959	0.4	0.7		0.5	0.1
1940 to 1949	0.3			0.5
1939 or earlier	0.2			0.3	0.1
Rooms	3.9	1.8		4.6	3.5
1 room	1.6	1.6		1.9	1.1
2 rooms	0.6			0.7	0.6
3 rooms	0.5			0.5	0.7
4 rooms	0.5			0.7	0.3
5 rooms	0.4	0.2		0.3	0.7
6 rooms or more	0.3			0.5	0.2
Specified owner occupied (number)¹	2665	152	14	1587	912
Value	6.8	1.3		7.4	6.7
Less than $1,000	1.3			1.4	1.3
$1,000 to $2,999	1.0	0.7		1.1	0.9
$3,000 to $4,999	1.1			0.8	1.6
$5,000 to $7,499	1.5			2.0	1.0
$7,500 to $9,999	0.6			0.6	0.7
$10,000 to $14,999	0.3			0.4	0.2
$15,000 or more	1.1	0.7		1.1	1.0
Specified vacant for sale (number)¹	43	8	1	14.0	20.0
Sales price asked	2.3				5.0
Specified renter occupied (number)²	278	13		144	121
Contract rent	8.6	7.7		9.0	8.3
Less than $20
$20 to $29
$30 to $39	1.8			2.8	0.8
$40 to $59	3.2			4.9	1.7
$60 to $79	2.5	7.7			5.0
$80 to $99	1.1			1.4	0.8
$100 to $119
$120 or more
Source: 1970 American Samoa Census

Table A-1. Computer Allocation Rates for Nonresponse or Inconsistency: 1970
The Area Districts	Total	Manu'a	Swains Island	Tutuila, Eastern	Tutuila, Western
Specified vacant for rent (number)	36	6		25	5
Rent asked	22.2			28.0	20.0
Land tenure	6.8	3.9		7.5	6.0
Owns or is buying the land	4.7	3.9		5.7	3.2
Rents the land
No cash rend paid for use of the land	2.1			1.8	2.9
Yearly land rent
All occupied housing units (number)	3858	332	14	2215	1297
Tenure	6.1	8.1		6.3	5.3
Owned or being bought	4.8	3.9		5.3	4.2
Rented for cash rent	0.7	3		0.5	0.5
Occupied without payment of cash rent	0.6	1.2		0.5	0.6
With electric lighting	3.1			3.8	2.7
With mechanical refrigerator	2.3	0.6		3.0	1.6
All year-round vacant units (number)	632	106	1	344	181
Vacancy status	11.2	14.2		7.3	16.6
For sale only	3.0	5.7		2.6	2.2
For rent	7.6	7.5		4.7	12.7
Other year-round	0.6	0.9			1.7
Source: 1970 American Samoa Census
¹Limited to one-family homes without business on property; excludes cooperatives, condominiums, and mobile homes.