Population Census 1982, Jamaica - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 1982

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JAM_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Population Census Unit, Department of Statistics, IPUMS

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Dec 20, 2012

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Type of housing unit (JM1982A_TYPUNIT)

Data file: JAM1982_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 152

End: 152

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Separate house - detached
2	Semi-detached house
3	Apartment building
4	Townhouse
5	Improvised housing unit
6	Part of commercial building
7	Other
8	Unknown
9	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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the type of housing unit in which the household resides.

Universe

Jamaica 1982: Private dwellings [discrepancies: type I 0.2%; type II 3.5%]

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