National Census of Dwellings and Population 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1971

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NIC_1971_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center

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Kitchen (NI1971A_0042)

Data file: NIC1971-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 147

End: 147

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

12. Kitchen

[] 1 Has a separate room for kitchen
[] 2 Without a separate room for kitchen but with a space designated for cooking
[] 3 With no space designated for cooking

Categories

Value	Category
1	Separate room for kitchen
2	No separate kitchen, but with space designed for cooking
3	No space designed for cooking
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.

Interviewer instructions

Question #12

Kitchen

a. How to carry out the investigation
It is investigated, according to the following definition, whether the dwelling has a "kitchen" or a "cooking space".

Kitchen: The room used for cooking in the dwelling that is equipped for the preparation of principal meals.

Cooking space: The place or space in the dwelling that does not meet the conditions of a "room" but that is used and equipped for the preparation of principal meals.

b. How to record the data
Once it is determined that there is a kitchen used for this purpose [cooking], or a place for cooking, either box 1 or 2 is marked according to the case. Box 3 is marked if there is no kitchen in use or if there is no place for cooking.

c. Example:

[These instructions refer to a graph of question 12 on the census form]

Description

Definition

This variable indicates if there is a kitchen in the dwelling.

Universe

Private occupied households

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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