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IV Housing Census and IX Population Census of 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1981
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GTM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Reasons for not occupying the dwelling (GT1981A_VACANT)

Data file: GTM1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 195
End: 195
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">II. Characteristics of the place of habitation</span></p>

<p>5. Occupancy</p>
<div class="i1">a. Occupied:</div><div class="i2">[] 1 With people present<br />[] 2 With people absent</div><div class="i1">b. Vacant:</div><div class="i2">[] 3 For sale<br />[] 4 For rent<br />[] 5 Under repair<br />[] 6 For other reason</div><div class="i1">If vacant, go on to another place.<br />[If the local is vacant, enumerator should go to the next place of habitation]</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Unoccupied, for sale
2 Unoccupied, for rent
3 Unoccupied, under repair
4 Unoccupied, other reasons
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="h2">II. Dwelling characteristics</span></p>

<p>As mentioned previously, questions 1 through 9 of this section should be investigated for each one of the "dwellings". The specific instructions that follow will allow the enumerator to complete the work more efficiently.</p>

<p><span class="em">Question 5: occupancy</span></p>

<p>1. How to investigate this question</p>

<p>The dwelling is investigated to see if it is:</p>

<p>A) Occupied: by persons who are present or by persons who are temporarily absent, or </p>

<p>B) Unoccupied: for sale, for rent, under repair, and other reasons.</p>

<p>2. How to record the data</p>

<p>Once the occupancy of the dwelling is defined, the number of the category is circled. If it is determined that the dwelling is unoccupied for any of the reasons given above, the interview is ended and the enumerator will proceed to the next dwelling.</p>

<p>3. Example:</p>

<p>[These instructions refer to a graphic of question 5 of the census form]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reasons for not occupying the dwelling.
Universe
Guatemala 1981: Private unoccupied households [discrepacies: none]

concept

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