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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas 1982 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1982
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PRY_1982_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), Minnesota Population Center
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Type of dwelling (PY1982A_0030)

Data file: PRY1982-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 119
End: 120
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1. Dwelling type

a) Private dwelling

[] 1 Independent house or rancho
[] 2 Apartment or flat
[] 3 Rented room(s)
[] 4 Improvised dwelling
[] 5 Other (specify) ____


b) Collective dwelling (group quarters)

[] 1 Hotel, inn, hostel, etc.
[] 2 Barracks, military, or police post
[] 3 Boarding school
[] 4 Hospital, sanatorium, old-age home, etc.
[] 5 Other (specify) ____
Categories
Value Category
11 House or rancho
12 Apartment or flat
13 Rented rooms
14 Improvised dwelling
15 Other private dwelling
21 Hotel, inn, or boarding house
22 Barracks
23 Boarding school
24 Hospital or asylum
25 Other collective dwelling
99 Unknown
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 1: Type of dwelling

A. Private dwelling

According to the [enumerator's] observation of the dwelling, and taking into account the following definitions, determine the type of dwelling and mark an X in the corresponding box.

[A depiction of question 1 to the left of preceding text is omitted here.]

[P. 21]

a) Private dwelling

Independent house or hut. A dwelling which has a direct exit to the street, road, path, etc. and which constitutes a single dwelling. In the example we can see two independent cases.

[A drawing of two homes to the right of preceding text is omitted here.]

Apartment or floor [piso]. A dwelling which forms part of a building of two or more floors and which has access to the street by way of a hallway, passage, stairs and/or elevator.

[A drawing of buildings to left of preceding text is omitted here.]

Rental rooms. When the dwelling independently occupies one of the rooms, among various similar rooms, in a building or in a single yard. Generally, sanitary services are used in common.

[A drawing of an improvised dwelling to the right or preceding text is omitted here.]

Improvised dwelling. When the dwelling is constructed with discarded materials (carton, reeds [pirí], cans, heavy fabric, rubber molding, woven straw [tacuarillas,], packaging material, etc.).

[A drawing of persons and dwellings to the left of the preceding text is omitted here.]

[P. 22]

Other: (specify). This category includes locations that are not meant for human habitation, but which are used as places of habitation on the census day. For example: factories, storehouses, businesses, offices, garages, vessels, rural hut [chata], old carriages, tests, guardhouses [garita], stable, etc.

[A drawing of building, boat, store, and tent to the left of the preceding text is omitted here.]

b) Group quarters. The possible types of group quarters are found on the form. Make an X in the corresponding box. If the type of group quarters is not indicated on the list, mark the box "other," specifying the nature of the group quarters.

[A depiction of section 1.b of census form to the left of the preceding text is omitted here.]

Remember that within a "collective dwelling" one can find one or more "private dwellings."

[A drawing of buildings is omitted here.]

Description

Definition
This variable identifies the type of dwelling.
Universe
All households

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Group Quarters Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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