Census of the Population of Ireland, 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2016

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IRL_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Household composition (IE2016A_HHCOMP)

Data file: IRL2016_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 165

End: 166

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
01	One person
02	Husband and wife
03	Cohabiting couple
04	Husband and wife with children
05	Cohabiting couple with children
06	One parent mother with children
07	One parent father with children
08	Other household type
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 household composition.

Universe

Ireland 2016: Private households [discrepancies: type I none; type II 47.6%]

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