1990 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 1980

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TTO_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Shared occupancy of dwelling unit (TT1990A_OCCUP)

Data file: TTO1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 142

End: 142

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h2">Characteristics of the dwelling unit occupied by household</span></p>

<p>Interviewer: A dwelling unit must have a separate entrance and not be accessed or entered through someone else's living arrangements.</p>

<p>39. Single or multiple occupancy of dwelling unit
<br />39(a). Is any part of the dwelling unit in which you live occupied by another or other households either for a rent, rent-free, or by some other arrangement?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1. Yes [Go to Q.39.]<br />[] 2. No [Skip to Q.40.]<br />[] 3. Not stated [Skip to Q.40.]</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
9	Unknown

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">Characteristics of the dwelling unit </span></p>

<p>Question 39 - Single or multiple occupancy</p>
<div class="i1">This question seeks to find out if the dwelling unit is being shared. If the answer is "yes" then a follow-up question must be asked to determine the number of households [sharing] or occupying the dwelling unit.</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the dwelling is occupied by several households.

Universe

Trinidad and Tobago 1990: All households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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