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The 1971 Census of Population, Occupation, Dwellings and Buildings of the German Democratic Republic - IPUMS Subset

Germany, 1971
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DEU_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Number of principal residents in dwelling (DE1971A_NPRINRES)

Data file: DEU1971_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 188
End: 189
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="DE71A025 DE71A061 DE71A062 DE71A063 DE71A065 DE71A069 DE71A071">Which persons should be entered in the household list?<br /><div class="i1">Every person is obligated to fill out records of all the persons belonging to his household in the household list. These persons must have their residence (main or secondary residence) registered with the police in the same residence.<br /><br />When recording you should make sure that under no circumstances those household members that are not staying at the household on census day are forgotten, such as e.g. household members that are abroad for travel or business reasons, are at a training course or temporarily in the hospital, or those currently doing their military service. Household members that have obtained a secondary residence for professional, job training or education reasons should also be recorded.<br /><br />Household members that are in jail should also be entered in this list.<br /><br />Persons that were deceased after January 1, 1971 at 12am should be listed in this household list.<br /><br />Children that were born after January 1, 1971 at 12am should not be listed in this household list.<br /><br />Visitors should not be recorded.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="DE71A061 DE71A062 DE71A063 DE71A065 DE71A069 DE71A071">For persons with more than one residence:<br /><br />Persons that have more than one residence for professional, job training, or education reasons should be listed with all their information in the census list that is filled out at the location of the main residence. The main residence, in the sense of the police registration law, is the residence in which the person has their permanent residence.<br /><br />At the location of the secondary residences, these persons should also be recorded with all their information in the list to be filled out there.<br /><br />Name of the person obligated to fill out: ____ (last name and first name)<br /><br />Street, house number: ____<br /></svar>
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55 55
63 63
71 71
74 74
75 75
77 77
93 93
94 94
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the total number of principal residents living in the dwelling in which the household resides.
Universe
Germany 1971: Households in private dwellings [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.2%]

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