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Population and Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1981
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BWA_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Acquisition of house or plot (BW1981A_OWNERSHP)

Data file: BWA1981_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 138
End: 139
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section D</span>
<br />[Questions 1 through 15 were asked of private dwelling]</p>

<p><span class="em">6. How was this house/plot acquired? </span><div class="i1">[] 01 Tribal authority<br />[] 02 Land board<br />[] 03 Purchase<br />[] 04 Inheritance<br />[] 05 Rent: B.H.C<br />[] 06 Rent: council<br />[] 07 Rent: individual<br />[] 08 Rent: Company<br />[] 09 Self allocation<br />[] 10 Provided by employer<br />[] 99 Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Tribal authority
02 Land board
03 Purchase
04 Inheritance
05 Rent (Botswana Housing Corporation)
06 Rent (Council)
07 Rent (Individual)
08 Rent (Company)
09 Self allocation
10 Provided by employer
97 Respondent did not know
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 indicates how the house or plot was acquired by the household.
Universe
Botswana 1981: Private households [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

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