Fifth National Population Census - IPUMS Subset

China, 2000

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Reference ID

CHN_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Census Office, IPUMS

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Household weight (HHWT)

Data file: CHN2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 2

Start: 34

End: 41

Width: 8

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

HHWT indicates the number of households in the population represented by the household in the sample.

For the samples that are truly weighted (see the comparability discussion), HHWT must be used to yield accurate household-level statistics.

NOTE: HHWT has 2 implied decimal places. That is, the last two digits of the eight-digit variable are decimal digits, but there is no actual decimal in the data.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Technical Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

HHWT is an 8-digit numeric variable with 2 implied decimal places. See the variable description.

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