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Grand Census 2013 of Population, Housing, Agruculture, Livestock, and Farming - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 2013
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SEN_2013_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Acquisition of dwelling (SN2013A_DWACQ)

Data file: SEN2013_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 202
End: 202
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">E- Characteristics of the home environment </span></p>

<p>E04. Mode of acquisition of the housing </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Self-construction<br />[] 2 Real estate developer<br />[] 3 Housing cooperative<br />[] 4 Inheritance<br />[] 5 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Self-construction
2 Real estate developer
3 Housing cooperative
4 Inheritance
5 Other
9 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
<span class="h2">4.5 Part E: characteristics of the dwelling</span></p>

<p><span class="em">E04: method of acquisition of dwelling</span>
<br />Circle the method of acquiring the dwelling; in other words, how the household has acquired the dwelling it occupies. This question concerns households that replied 1, 2 or 5 to the previous question.
<br />Circle: </p>
<div class="i1">Self-construction... 1<br />Real estate developer... 2<br />Co-operative of habitat... 3<br />Inheritance... 4;<br />Other... 5</div><span class="ital">NB: </span>''Self-construction'' is the name given to the action of an individual carrying out a construction (e.g. his own house) without or practically without the help of real estate developers, housing cooperatives, etc. In general, they rely on the services of a mason.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the method of acquisition of the dwelling by the household.
Universe
Senegal 2013: Households with occupancy status of owned, co-owned, lease to own, or other [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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