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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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Number of rooms (HN1988A_ROOMS)

Data file: HND1988_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 208
End: 209
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p><svar a="all" v="HN88A025 HN88A026 HN88A027"><span class="em">6. Rooms in the dwelling</span><br /><div class="i1">a) How many total rooms does this dwelling have?<br />____ (not counting the bathroom)<br />b) How many [rooms] are used as bedrooms?<br />____<br />c) Is there a separate room for the kitchen?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
12 12+
98 Unknown
99 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">6. Rooms in the dwelling</span>
<br />A room is a space in the dwelling, closed in by fixed walls, which rises from the floor to the roof, or to a height of at least two (2) meters from the floor.</p>

<p><span class="em">a) How many rooms in total does the dwelling have?</span>
<br />Hallways, vestibules, and bathrooms are not counted as rooms. Then, write down the number of rooms told by the informant.</p>

<p>[There is a graphic illustrating the rooms in a dwelling]</p>

<p><span class="em">b) How many rooms are used as bedrooms?</span>
<br />A bedroom is a room that is principally used for sleeping.</p>

<p>[There is a graphic illustrating the bedrooms in a dwelling]</p>

<p><span class="em">c) Is there a room used only for cooking?</span>
<br />A kitchen is the room meant for food preparation.</p>

<p>[There is a graphic illustrating a kitchen in a dwelling]</p>

<p><span class="ital">Reminder</span>: It is possible that, in the country, the kitchen is located separately from the rest of the dwelling. For the purposes of the census, this is considered to be an integral part of the dwelling.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of rooms in the dwelling.
Universe
Honduras 1988: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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