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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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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Rooms in dwelling (NI1995A_ROOMS)

Data file: NIC1995_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 181
End: 182
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p><svar a="all" v="NI95A032"><span class="em">Number of rooms</span><br />6. How many rooms does this dwelling have altogether? (Do not include bathrooms, kitchen, corridors, or garages)<br />Total: _ _<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="NI95A033" v="NI95A032 NI95A033"><div class="i1">Of this total number of rooms, how many are always used for sleeping, even though they may have other uses during the day?<br />Total: _ _</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+
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="NI95A032 NI95A033"><span class="em">Question 6: Number of rooms</span><br />Room: This is a space within the dwelling that is delimited by fixed divisions of any material. You should count as rooms: the living room, the dining room, the bedrooms, the combined living room/dining room, but you should not include in the count: the bathroom, hallway, kitchen, garages, storage room, workshop, etc.<br /><br />Note the total number of rooms that the dwelling has, and of this total, note the number that are used for sleeping as long as the room does not have another use during the day.<br /></svar>

Description

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

concept

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