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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Year of construction (JM1982A_YRBUILT)

Data file: JAM1982_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 153

End: 154

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
01	1981-1982
02	1980
03	1979
04	1978
05	1977
06	1971-1976
07	1966-1970
08	1960-1965
09	Before 1960
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the year that the building was constructed in which the household resides.

Universe

Jamaica 1982: Private dwellings [discrepancies: type I 0.2%; type II 23.6%]

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