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2008 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Israel, 2008
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ISR_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel, IPUMS
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Housing density (persons per room) (IL2008A_DENSITY)

Data file: ISR2008_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 90
End: 90
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Questions on housing conditions</span>
<br />[Questions 82-90 asked only once per household]</p>

<p>82. How many rooms do you live in (including half rooms)? ____</p>
<div class="i1">Including living room, not including kitchen, bathrooms and rooms used for business only</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 0.49 or less
2 0.5 to 0.99
3 1.0 to 1.99
4 2.00 to 2.99
5 3.00 or more
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 housing density as a ratio between the number of persons living in the households and the number of rooms occupied by the household.
Universe
Israel 2008: Private households [discrepancies: none]

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