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National Population, Households, and Dwellings Census, 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Argentina, 2001 - 2002
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Reference ID
ARG_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Argentine National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Jan 05, 2026
Last modified
Jan 05, 2026
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Number of rooms for sleeping (AR2001A_BEDROOMS)

Data file: ARG2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 207
End: 208
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="AR01A028 AR01A029 AR01A030 AR01A031 AR01A032 AR01A033 AR01A034 AR01A035 AR01A036 AR01A037 AR01A038 AR01A039 AR01A040 AR01A041 AR01A045 AR01A046 AR01A047 AR01A048 AR01A049 AR01A050 AR01A051 AR01A052">[Questions 5-24 were asked in the case of households that occupied some structure, per question 4.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR01A033 AR01A039">20. How many rooms for sleeping does this home have? _ _<br /><div class="i1">[Specify] number of rooms it has for sleeping.</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+
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
<svar a="all" v="AR01A033 AR01A034 AR01A038"><span class="em">Questions 20 and 21:</span><br /><div class="i1">A room or bedroom is considered to be a space or area that is closed in by walls (that go from the floor to the ceiling) or dividers (walls that go from the floor to the height of two meters, and that have sufficient surface to place at least an adult-size bed.<br /><br />If the dwelling has only one room in which they also cook, you will complete 01 (one) room or bedroom in both questions.<br /><br />In question 20, you should only count the rooms or spaces used by the household for sleeping.</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 35]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">On the other hand, question 21 asks for the total number of rooms that are in the household, including the ones counted in the previous questions.<br /><br />In the total number of rooms or spaces, you should count:</div><br /><div class="i2">--the dining room, even if it is part of the kitchen (kitchen-dining room),<br />--the mezzanines built into some dwellings, even though they do not have some/any of the walls indicated in the definition.</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">You will exclude:</div><br /><div class="i2">--bathrooms,<br />--kitchens used only for cooking,<br />--laundry areas, garages, sheds, corridors and entryways, unless they are used as a place for a person to sleep,<br />--<span class="lang">Quinchos</span> [a shelter that has a straw or thatched roof, supported only by columns, that does not have walls and is used as an area for eating] that are not enclosed.</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">You will register the answer according to what the person answering the census tells you.<br />Now we will continue with the instructions to complete the answers for</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of rooms used for sleeping purpose by this household.
Universe
Argentina 2001: Non-collective dwellings and not homeless [discrepancies: none]

concept

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