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National Census of Housing and Population 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 2012
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BOL_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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Room for cooking (BO2012A_KITCHEN)

Data file: BOL2012_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 200
End: 200
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Chapter B. Main characteristics of the dwelling</span></p>

<p>13. Is there a dedicated room for cooking?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h2">Chapter B. Main characteristics of the dwelling</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">Rooms in the dwelling</span>
<br /><span class="em">13. Availability of a room for cooking.</span>
<br />Mark the appropriate circle or bubble.
<br /><span class="em">14. Number of rooms in the dwelling</span>
<br />In the census, a room is any interior space large enough to accommodate an adult-sized cot or bed. The question about the number of rooms in the dwelling has two boxes for noting down the answer. In these boxes, note down the number of rooms used as bedrooms or for other purposes, not counting any kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms, foyers, hallways, or storage rooms.
<br /><span class="em">15. Number of rooms used only for sleeping</span>
<br />In the boxes, note down the number of rooms used only as bedrooms. If the dwelling has no such rooms, put 0.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the dwelling has a room that is used only for cooking.
Universe
Bolivia 2012: Private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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