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1971 Census - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom, 1971
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GBR_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Office of Population and Surveys for England and Wales, IPUMS
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Rooms (UK1971A_ROOMS)

Data file: GBR1971_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 104
End: 105
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Part A</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Answer questions A1-A5 about your household's accommodation and then answer questions B1-B24 overleaf and if appropriate answer questions C1-C7.</span></p>

<p>A3. How many rooms are there in your household's accommodation? ____</p>
<div class="i1">Do not count small kitchens less than 6ft wide, bathrooms and toilets, sculleries not used for cooking, closets, pantries and storerooms, landings, halls, lobbies or recesses, offices or shops used solely for business purposes.<br /><br />Note:<br />- A large room divided by a sliding or fixed partition should be counted as two rooms.<br />- A room divided by curtains or portable screens should be counted as one room.</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 1 room
02 2 rooms
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+ rooms
98 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of rooms in private households.
Universe
United Kingdom 1971: Private households [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

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