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2008 National Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 2008
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LBR_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), IPUMS
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Method used to acquire housing unit (LR2008A_OWN)

Data file: LBR2008_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 153
End: 153
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">H02. How was this dwelling acquired?</span><div class="i1">Owner</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Purchased<br />[] 2 Constructed<br />[] 3 Inherited</div><div class="i1">Provided / Rented</div><div class="i2">[] 4 Government<br />[] 5 NHC<br />[] 6 Private company<br />[] 7 Private individual<br />[] 8 Squatter<br />[] 9 Other (specify)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Purchased
2 Constructed
3 Inherited
4 Government
5 National Housing Authority (NHA)
6 Private company
7 Private individual
8 Squatter
9 Other
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the method used to acquire housing unit.
Universe
Liberia 2008: All households

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