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X Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 1991. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1990
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BRA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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Private automobile (BR1991A_AUTO)

Data file: BRA1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 247
End: 247
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BR91A038"><span class="h3">18. Private Automobile</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 1 car<br />[] 2 2 cars<br />[] 3 3 or more cars<br />[] 0 don't have</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 None
2 One car
3 Two cars
4 Three or more cars
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="BR91A038"><span class="h3">Question 18 - Private automobile</span><br />Consider as having a private automobile any household where one of its residents has a passenger automobile or utility vehicle (jeep, pickup truck or van), used for leisure or for transportation of the members of the household to and from work.<br />8<br />Mark:<br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">1 - 1 car</span> - when the household has only one automobile or utility vehicle;<br /><span class="em">2 - 2 cars</span> - when the household has two automobiles or utility vehicles;<br /><span class="em">3 - 3 or more cars</span> - when the household has three or more automobiles or utility vehicles; or</div><br /><span class="pg">[p. 51]</span><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">0 - Does do not have</span> - when there is no automobile or utility vehicle for private use in the household.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the household has a private automobile.
Universe
Brazil 1991: Dwellings that are not improvised or collective [Discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Appliances, Mechanicals, Other Amenities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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