VII Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico de 1960. - IPUMS Subset
Brazil, 1960
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Reference ID
BRA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Servico Nacional de Recenseamento. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
Metadata
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Sep 03, 2025
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
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- Data files
- BRA1960_PHC-H-H.dat
- BRA1960_PHC-P-H.dat
Total number of rooms (BR1960A_NROOMS)
Data file: BRA1960_PHC-H-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
129
End:
130
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BR60A015"><span class="h3">M. Total number of rooms</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | 0 |
| 01 | 1 |
| 02 | 2 |
| 03 | 3 |
| 04 | 4 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 06 | 6 |
| 07 | 7 |
| 08 | 8 |
| 09 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 12 | 12 |
| 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 16 | 16 |
| 17 | 17 |
| 18 | 18 |
| 19 | 19 |
| 20 | 20 |
| 21 | 21 |
| 22 | 22 |
| 23 | 23 |
| 24 | 24 |
| 25 | 25 |
| 26 | 26 |
| 27 | 27 |
| 28 | 28 |
| 29 | 29 |
| 30 | 30 |
| 99 | 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
<svar a="all" v="BR60A015"><span class="h3">Question M - Total number of rooms</span><br /><br />The number recorded will be the total number of compartments separated by walls, not including corridors, porches or verandas, and including rooms located in areas outside the building, provided that such rooms are an integral part of the dwelling. However, rooms used for non-household purposes, such as workshops, doctors' offices, dentists' offices, laboratories, studios, garages, sheds, storehouses, warehouses, etc. will not be considered, even if directly connected to the dwelling.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the number of rooms in the housing unit.
Universe
Brazil 1960: Not group quarters, not improvised dwellings [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD | IPUMS |