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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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Cash from rents received since August 1990 (BW1991A_RENTS)

Data file: BWA1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 186
End: 186
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">(Questions 1-5, ask for all and circle only if "yes")</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Other cash receipts</span></p>

<p>5. Since August 1990 did any household member receive cash from...?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Remittances inside Botswana <br />[] 2 Remittances outside Botswana <br />[] 4 Pension <br />[] 8 Rents <br />[] 16 Interest <br />[] Other cash activities (specify) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
0 No
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 E5: Cash Receipts</span></p>

<p>Since August 1990, did any member of this household receive:</p>
<div class="i1">1 Pension<br />2 Remittances (from mines, Tirelo Sechaba, relatives, etc.)<br />4 Rent (from land/property)<br />8 Interest/Dividend/Bonus<br />16 Aid/Relief</div><p>In this section, we are interested in finding out whether the household received any cash payment as unearned income during the reference period. Unearned income refers to payments made to the household other than from employment, business profits or sale of one's own produce. Salaries and wages paid to members listed in part a above should not be included in answer to this question.</p>

<p>The most common types of unearned income are as follows:</p>
<div class="i1">1 Pension: This is a payment, usually on a regular basis, by a previous employer to a worker who has retired or is no longer working for other reasons. For example, certain Government employees are entitled to stop work and draw their pensions on attaining the age of 45 years.<br /><br />2 Remittances: This includes cash gifts and transfers from relatives and friends working either abroad (e.g. South African mines, farms, etc.) or elsewhere in the country. It also includes family and child maintenance and payments to the household on account of the Tirelo Sechaba participants. It should be noted that cash remittances refer not only to cash which has been sent by post or mail but also to any cash transfers which have been delivered by hand or in some other way - as long as it is from a person in another household, other than the one being interviewed. Distance between households affected is immaterial. The transfer must be permanent. Cash loans to the household must not be included,<br /><br />4 Rent: A household may receive payment for any property it lets out, such as a house or field, It should also include payments received for allowing its donkeys/mules/oxen to be used for ploughing.<br /><br />8 Interest/Dividend/Bonus: Interest is money paid by a bank on a deposit account, while dividends/bonuses are payments from the profits of a business to shareholders or investors. For example, bonuses may be received from a co-operative society or BMC.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.48]</span><br /><br />16 Aid/Relief: This refers to cash payments made directly by Government (o; any organisation) to alleviate the effects of drought or to assist the household to participate in agricultural activities.</div><p>Circle the appropriate answer code(s) if, since August 1990, any member of the household received money from these sources.</p>

<p>If none of the above applies, enter 0.</p>

<p>In the sample questionnaire in paragraph 133, the household received some remittances from their daughter Lorato in South Africa. Therefore 2 is circled.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether any household member received cash from rents since August 1990.
Universe
Botswana 1991: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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