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1995 National Census. Seventh Census of Population, Third Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1995
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NIC_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Type of tenure (NI1995A_OWNERSHP)

Data file: NIC1995_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 190
End: 190
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Characteristics of the dwelling</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="NI95A039"><span class="em">Type of tenure</span><br />11. This dwelling is:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Owned with legal contract<br />[] 2 Owned without legal contract<br />[] 3 Rented<br />[] 4 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Owned with legal contract
2 Owned without legal contract
3 Rented
4 Other type
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
<svar a="all" v="NI95A039"><span class="em">Question 11: Type of tenure</span><br />This refers to the form of possession or legal situation of the dwelling. You should mark only one of the alternatives.<br /><div class="i1">1. Owned with legal contract<br />When the dwelling belongs to any of the persons who live in it, whether because it was purchased and is totally paid for or because it was inherited.<br /><br />2. Owned without legal contract<br />This is the dwelling where property rights have been acquired with the passage of time but the person has no legal document that accredits ownership, it has permission of OOT or has a mortgage that is being paid.<br /><br />3. Rented<br />When the dwelling is occupied in exchange for an amount in the concept of rent, in agreement with the owner.<br /><br />4. Other<br />In this group you should include the cases not listed above, which can be: loaned, ceded, or other.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the dwelling's type of tenure.
Universe
Nicaragua 1995: Private occupied households with inhabitants present [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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