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National Census of Housing and Population 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 2001
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BOL_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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Occupancy status (BO2001A_OCCUP)

Data file: BOL2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 199
End: 199
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BO01A046">5. Dwelling (fill in by observation)<br /><div class="i1">[Question 5 was asked of persons in private dwelling, per Question 4.]<br /><br />Occupied</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 With inhabitants present<br />[] 2 With inhabitants absent</div><br /><div class="i1">Vacant</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 3 For rent or sale<br />[] 4 Under repair or construction<br />[] 5 For seasonal use<br />[] 6 Abandoned</div><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">For answers 2-6, Confirm with the neighbors that the dwelling is unoccupied and go on to the next dwelling.</span></div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Occupied, with people present
2 Occupied, with people absent
3 For rent or sale
4 Under construction or repair
5 Seasonal or temporary use
6 Abandoned
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
<svar a="all" v="BO01A046"><span class="em">Question 5. Dwelling (completed after observation)</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Occupied</span><br /><br /><span class="em">With inhabitants who are present:</span><br /><br />These are dwellings where, at the time of the census, one or more persons are present.<br /><br /><span class="em">With inhabitants who are absent:</span><br /><br />These are dwellings that are normally inhabited but whose inhabitants are not present at the time of the census.<br /><br /><span class="em">Unoccupied</span><br /><br />These dwellings are not inhabited on census day but they can be occupied at any time. Therefore, a dwelling can be considered to be unoccupied when it is:<br /><br /><span class="em">For rent and/or for sale</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Under construction or repair</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Used seasonally:</span> These dwellings are only used seasonally, e.g. for vacations, weekends, harvest and/or planting, etc.<br /><br /><span class="em">Abandoned</span>: These dwellings are deteriorating but are still inhabitable. This excludes dwellings that are in ruins.<br /></svar></p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 52]</span></p>

<p><span class="em">If, after knocking on a door, it is not answered:</span><div class="i1">Neighbors should be asked if anyone lives there and, if so, the time that they are present should be requested.<br /><br />If informed that someone inhabits the dwelling, 3 return visits should be made at different times until someone is found or it can be verified that the persons will not return to the dwelling.<br /><br />If, after finalizing enumeration, the inhabitants are not found, any of the options 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 is filled in for question 5 according to the case. All of the information for Chapters A and B is recorded and the rest of the census form is left blank.<br /><br />On the Enumerator's Control Form, the information is recorded for the following columns: 1. Block; 2. dwelling address; 3. Dwelling order number; 4. Occupied, unoccupied: the number 2, which corresponds to unoccupied is recorded; and 5. Dwelling form number. After recording this information, the next dwelling is enumerated.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the occupancy status of the dwelling.
Universe
Bolivia 2001: Private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

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