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1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1991
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BWA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Time period that household lived in this housing unit (BW1991A_HOUSEDUR)

Data file: BWA1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 194
End: 194
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section E</span>
<br /><span class="em">[Housing]</span></p>

<p><span class="em">(Circle response)</span></p>

<p>8. Duration of occupancy</p>
<div class="i1">How long have you and your household lived in this housing unit? (Years)<br /><br />[] 1 Under 1 <br />[] 2 1-3 <br />[] 3 4-6 <br />[] 4 7 and over</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Under one year
2 One to three years
3 Four to six years
4 Seven or more years
8 Unknown
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">Column E8: Duration of Occupancy</span></p>

<p>How long have you and your household lived in this housing unit?</p>

<p>Circle the appropriate answer code indicating how long the household has occupied this housing unit/plot:</p>
<div class="i1">1 under 1 year<br />2 1 to 3 years<br />3 4 to 6 years<br />4 7 years aud over</div><p>In the sample questionnaire in paragraph 139, the household has only been living in the housing unit in which they were enumerated for 3 years, so 2 is circled.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates how long the household resided in the housing unit.
Universe
Botswana 1991: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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