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2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2015
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SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
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Tenure of the dwelling (SL2015A_OWNERSHP)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 206
End: 207
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions H01, H06, and H07 were asked of all people. The rest of the questions in section III were recorded only for respondent's whose indicated type of residence was occupied housing units in question I15]</p>

<p>H02. Tenure status</p>
<div class="i1">How was this dwelling acquired?<br /><br />Owner:</div><div class="i2">[] 01 Purchased<br />[] 02 Constructed<br />[] 03 Inherited</div><div class="i1">Employer Provided:</div><div class="i2">[] 04 Government<br />[] 05 Private<br />[] 06 Parastatal/Quasi-Govt.</div><div class="i1">Renting:</div><div class="i2">[] 07 Government<br />[] 08 Housing Cooperation<br />[] 09 Private<br />[] 10 Parastatal/Quasi-Govt.</div><div class="i1">Other:</div><div class="i2">[] 11 Squatter<br />[] 12 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Owner, purchased
02 Owner, constructed
03 Owner, inherited
04 Employer provided, government
05 Employer provided, private
06 Employer provided, parastatal or quasi-government
07 Rented, government
08 Rented, housing corporation
09 Rented, private
10 Rented, parastatal/quasi-government
11 Squatter
12 Other
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="h3"> Section 3: Housing facilities </span></p>

<p>186. Columns H01 to H19 relate to specific questions concerning the household. They are questions that relate to the household as a whole and not to individual members.</p>

<p><span class="em">H02 -- (Tenure status) </span><div class="i1">Ask "how was this dwelling acquired" and record the appropriate code provided in<br />the code list.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the tenure of the dwelling.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Occupied private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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