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XII Censo General de Población y Vivienda 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Venezuela, RB, 1990
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VEN_1990_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Central de Estadística e Informática, Minnesota Population Center
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Dwelling type (VE1990A_0039)

Data file: VEN1990-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 154
End: 155
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
2. Dwelling type

[] House with garden (quinta, casa-quinta )
[] House
[] Apartment in a building
[] Apartment in a house (quinta, casa-quinta )
[] Tenement (Casa de vecindad)
[] Shack or hut (Rancho)
[] Peasant hut (rural type) (Rancho campesino)
[] Other type
Categories
Value Category
1 House with garden
2 House
3 Apartment-building
4 Apartment with yard
5 Tenement
6 Hut, shack (Rancho)
7 Rural rancho (hut, shack)
8 Private dwelling, other type
9 Hotel
10 Encampment
11 Student residence
12 Jail-prison
13 Psychiatric care center
14 Hospital-sanatorium-clinic
15 Shelter for disabled
16 Religious institution
17 Boarding school
18 Military institution
19 Collective dwelling, other type
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 No.2

[Type of dwelling]
[The instructions refer to a graphic of section II, question 2 on the census form.]

Observe the type of dwelling and fill in the corresponding cell.

Dwelling:

Building constructed in order to provide temporary or permanent lodging for people. Also considered as dwellings: any building not built specifically for human habitation but is used for that purpose on the Census day.


Types of dwellings:

House or house with garden (Quinta):

-- Walls: Finished cinderblock or brick, concrete, sawn wood
-- Roof: roof slab, tile, asbestos
-- Floor: mosaic, granite and similar
Usually has a garden in front of the house


House:

-- Walls: Finished or unfinished cinderblock or brick; concrete; sawn wood; finished adobe, mud, stick-and-mud
-- Roof: roof slab, tile, asbestos, or metal sheet [usually made of corrugated aluminum/tin]
-- Floor: mosaic, granite and similar; or cement


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Apartment building:

A dwelling that forms part of the structure of a building, with access from a common area of circulation.


Apartment with yard (apartmento-quinta)or house with garden (casa-quinta):

A dwelling that forms part of another dwelling and that has its own toilet facilities and kitchen.


Tenement:

A dwelling with various rooms, each used as a familial dwelling (by different households).
Toilet facilities and water supply outside of the room.
Internal areas [e.g., patios] are for common use.


Shack/hut (Rancho):

A dwelling made of waste materials (boards, cardboard, caña - cane and similar).


Rural shack (Rancho Campesino):

-- Walls: Unfinished adobe, mud, stick-and-mud
-- Roof: corrugated metal sheets, straw, palm fronds, and similar
-- Floor: cement or dirt
-- Location: rural areas and small towns


Other type:

Any other type of shelter (albergue) either permanent or mobile, not constructed for human habitation: office space, sleeping sheds (barracas), trailers, boats, caves, tents and others.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of dwelling: private house, apartment, institution, etc.
Universe
All households

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Group Quarters Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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