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National Census of Dwellings and Population 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1971
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NIC_1971_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center
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Number of rooms (NI1971A_0031)

Data file: NIC1971-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 131
End: 132
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
3. Number of rooms and bedrooms


____ Total number of rooms
____ Of these, how many are bedrooms?
Categories
Value Category
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8+
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.
Interviewer instructions
Question #3

Number of rooms and bedrooms


a. How to carry out the investigation
The following definitions should be taken into account in investigating this topic:


Room: A room is the space situated in a dwelling that is separated by walls that rise at least 2 meters from the floor and that have enough room for an adult-sized bed, or are at least 4 square meters in size. The following are considered to be rooms: bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, servant's quarters, and other rooms that can be used as lodging for persons or that are designed for that purpose. The following are not considered to be rooms: hallways, open galleries, foyers, etc. as well as bathrooms and rooms used exclusively for commercial or industrial purposes.

Bedroom: A bedroom is a room (see definition above) that is used principally for sleeping.



b. How to record the data
The total number of rooms and the total number of bedrooms is recorded. For dwellings with only one room, "zero" (0) is marked for bedrooms.

c. Example:


[These instructions refer to a graph of question 3 on the census form]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of rooms in the dwelling.
Universe
Private occupied households

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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