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National Population and Housing Census 1978 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 1978
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POL_1978_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Number of rooms in the dwelling (PL1978A_ROOMS)

Data file: POL1978_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 132
End: 133
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
2. Number of rooms</p>
<div class="i1">(a) Living rooms ____<br />(b) Kitchens with window, with floor space of 4 square meters or more ____<br />(c) Other rooms (e.g. not occupied rooms, seasonally used rooms, rooms for storing household facilities, etc.) Do not include pantry chambers of rural type and dilapidated rooms. ____</div><div class="i1">Total number of rooms (a + b + c) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 No rooms
01 1 room
02 2 rooms
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
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 the dwelling.
Universe
Poland 1978: Private dwellings excluding provisional or mobile housing [discrepancies: type I 0.1%, type II none]

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