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National Population and Housing Census 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Honduras, 1988
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HND_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Monthly payment (in Honduran Lempira) (HN1988A_RENT)

Data file: HND1988_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 214
End: 217
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Chapter II Dwelling Information</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="HN88A028"><span class="em">7. What is the form of tenure of the dwelling?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Owned (skip to question 9)<br />[] 2 Owned paying in installments<br />[] 3 Rented<br />[] 4 Borrowed (skip to question 10)<br />[] 5 Other (skip to question 10)</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="HN88A029"><span class="em">8. If [the dwelling] is owned paying in installments, or rented, how much is the monthly payment?</span><br /><div class="i1">____ .00 Lps. [Honduran Lempiras]</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0001 1
0005 5
0010 10
0015 15
0020 20
0025 25
0030 30
0035 35
0040 40
0045 45
0050 50
0055 55
0060 60
0065 65
0070 70
0075 75
0080 80
0085 85
0090 90
0100 100
0125 125
0150 150
0175 175
0200 200
0225 225
0250 250
0275 275
0300 300
0325 325
0350 350
0375 375
0400 400
0450 450
0500 500
0600 600
0700 700
0800 800
1000 1000+
9998 Unknown
9999 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">7. What is the form of tenure of the dwelling?</span>
<br /><span class="ital">Owned</span>: The dwelling in which one of the members of the dwelling has acquired the right to real estate through purchase, inheritance, donation, etcetera. If the dwelling is owned, the enumerator will skip to question 9.</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 37]</span></p>

<p><span class="ital">Owned, still in payment</span>: The dwelling in which one of the members of the dwelling has acquired the right to the real estate through a credit purchase and at the time of the census, a member is paying for it.</p>

<p><span class="ital">Rented</span>: The dwelling occupied by a family with the permission of the owner, renter, etcetera, and for which a monthly payment is made.</p>

<p><span class="ital">Borrowed</span>: The dwelling occupied by the family with the permission of the owner, renter, etc., for which no monthly payment is made. An "X" is marked in circle 4 and then question #10 is presented.</p>

<p><span class="ital">Other</span>: It is when the dwelling is not owned, rented, or borrowed. An "X" is marked in circle 5 and the enumerator will skip to question 10.</p>

<p><span class="em">8. If the dwelling is owned but still in payment or rented, how much is paid monthly?</span>
<br />The amount of the rent or monthly payment (in Lempiras, not including cents) is written down in the line provided.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the monthly payment (in Honduran Lempira) of a dwelling that is owned by paying in installments or is rented. The monthly payments were grouped into ranges, where the numeric value assigned is the lower limit of the corresponding range.
Universe
Honduras 1988: Private households that owned, were paying in installments, or rented the dwelling [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

concept

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