1987 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1987

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MWI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Number of rooms, first dwelling (MW1987A_ROOMS1)

Data file: MWI1987_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 134

End: 135

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<svar a="all" v="MW87A032 MW87A048 MW87A064 MW87A080">Number of rooms (exclude bathroom, toilet, storeroom and garage) _ _<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
01	One
02	Two
03	Three
04	Four
05	Five
06	Six
07	Seven
08	Eight
09	Nine or more
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.

Description

Definition

This variable records the number of rooms in first dwelling.

Universe

Malawi 1987: Private households [discrepancies: none]

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