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Population Census Jamaica 1982 - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 1982
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JAM_1982_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Population Census Unit, Department of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
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Type of housing unit (JM1982A_0049)

Data file: JAM1982-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 129
End: 129
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Type of housing unit
Categories
Value Category
1 Separate house - detached
2 Semi-detached house
3 Apartment building
4 Townhouse
5 Improvised housing unit
6 Part of commercial building
7 Other
8 Unknown
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
Type of Housing Unit - Columns 14 - 17: These columns will be completed in all cases where a building has been identified as a housing unit. The codes to be used are listed on the Visitation Record.

Column 14 is for Type of Housing Unit, Column 15 for year of Construction, Column 16 for Material of Outer Walls and Column 17 for Occupancy Status of Dwellings. Each of these four columns has its own coding scheme and these are given at the bottom of Section 3.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of housing unit in which the household resides.
Universe
Private dwellings

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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