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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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Year of construction (NI1971A_0046)

Data file: NIC1971-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 151
End: 152
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
15. Year of construction

When was the construction of the building completed?

[] 1 One year ago or less (from the date of the census)
____ If more than one year ago (from the date of the census) fill in the year
Categories
Value Category
1 Within one year of the census
2 1965 - 1969
3 1960 - 1964
4 1955 - 1959
5 1950 - 1954
6 1945 - 1949
7 1940 - 1944
8 Before 1940
9 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 #15

Year of construction

a. How to carry out the investigation
The purpose of this topic is to investigate, on one hand, the number of buildings or dwellings whose construction was finished between March of 1970 and April of 1971; or "One year or less before the census date". The other item investigated is the number of buildings whose construction was finished previous to March of 1970.

b. How to record the data
If the dwelling's construction was completed between March of 1970 and April of 1971, an "X" is marked in box 1


[p. 36]


located after the sentence "One year or less before the census date". If the dwelling was completed before March of 1970, the year of construction is written in the space provided.

c. Example:


[These instructions refer to a graph of question 15 on the census form]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the dwelling's year of construction.
Universe
Private occupied households

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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