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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Type of dwelling (BR1991A_LOC)
Data file: BRA1991_PHC-H-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
214
End:
214
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BR91A018"><span class="h3">2. Type [of dwelling]</span><br /><div class="i1">House:<br />[] 1 separate or in housing community<br />[] 2 housing project<br />[] 3 in subnormal agglomerate<br />Apartment:<br />[] 4 separate or in housing community<br />[] 5 housing project<br />[] 6 in subnormal agglomerate</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | Improvised dwellings or collective dwellings |
| 1 | Separate (isolada) house or in condominium |
| 2 | House in housing project |
| 3 | House in subnormal agglomerate |
| 4 | Apartment, either isolated or in condominium |
| 5 | Apartment in housing project |
| 6 | Apartment in subnormal agglomerate |
| 7 | Rooms |
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="BR91A018"><span class="h3">Question 2 - Type</span><br />Consider:<br />House - a private household located in a building, with direct access to a thoroughfare (street, court, lane, avenue, path, etc.), legalized or no not, regardless of the material used in its construction.<br />Buildings with one or more floors or levels which contain a single household should be considered as houses, even if one the floors has non-household use; or<br />Apartment - An apartment is a private household located in a building of one or more floors containing more than one household and having common spaces (entrance hall, stairways, corridors, entrance gate and other areas).2<br />Mark, as the case may be:<br /><div class="i1">1 - Separate house or house in a condominium - for a household located in a house with access to a thoroughfare, regardless of the material used in its construction, or one that is part of a condominium without being an integral part of a housing or subnormal complex. Included in this case are houses in "Courts," "Avenues" etc., with one or more numbers on the thoroughfare and some sub-number or specific designation;<br />2 - House in a lower-income complex - for households located in homes that are part of housing complexes, usually for low-income families, whose urban improvements (streets, curbings, sidewalks, pipes, etc.), <span class="pg">[p. 43]</span> were installed simultaneously, usually financed by for public organs such as COHAB, CEHAB, COOPHAB, etc., and in some cases by private companies;<br />3 - House in a subnormal agglomeration - for households located in subnormal housing complexes, also known as "informal settlements," regardless of the material used in their construction, such as a shanytowns, huts, houses on stilts over water, etc. What characterizes a subnormal agglomeration is its disorganized occupation and the fact that the occupants had no possession or deed to the land when it was built;<br />4 - Separate apartment or apartment in a condominium - for households located in apartment buildings with access to a thoroughfare or that are part of a condominium, without being an integral part of a housing or subnormal complex;<br />5 - Apartment in a low-income housing complex - for households located in apartment buildings that are part of housing complexes, usually for low-income families, whose urban improvements (streets, curbings, sidewalks, pipes, etc.) were built simultaneously, usually financed by a public organ such as COHAB, CEHAB, COOPHAB, etc., and in some cases by private companies;<br />6 - Apartment in subnormal agglomerate - for households located in apartment buildings that are part of a subnormal complex, also known as "informal settlements," such as shanytowns, huts, houses on stilts over water, etc. What characterizes a subnormal agglomeration is its disorganized occupation and the fact that the occupants had no possession or deed to the land when it was built; or<br />7 - Room(s) - for households located in one or more rooms of a house occupied by the room, inner-city slums, etc.<br /><span class="em">Note</span>- Consideration of families that live in rooms in a house or apartment in the company of other(s) will be as follows:</div><br /><div class="i2">a) If there are common areas - bathroom, kitchen, etc. - They will be considered Families in a co-residing family household (except for houses occupied by the room), as they do not comply with the concept of separation; and<br />b) If there are no common areas - They will be considered Residents of another household, as they do not comply with the concept of independence and separation.</div><br /><span class="pg">[p. 44]</span><br />Observations:<br />a) A house or apartment in a housing complex or subnormal agglomeration should only be marked when there are a number of households in the same situation; and<br />b) Apartments in subnormal agglomerations should be very rare.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the type of dwelling.
Universe
Brazil 1991: All households
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD | IPUMS |