VI National Population and Housing Census, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981

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DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS

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Bathroom (DO1981A_BATHLOC)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 217

End: 217

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

17. Bath </p>
<div class="i1">a) Does this dwelling have a bath room?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Inside the dwelling<br />[] 2 Outside of the dwelling<br />[] 3 Does not have</div><div class="i1">b) Is the bath for the exclusive use of this dwelling?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Inside the dwelling
2	Outside the dwelling
3	None
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

<span class="em">Question 17: Bathroom</span><div class="i1"><span class="em">a) Does the dwelling have a bathroom?</span><br /><br />The alternatives are read and the corresponding circle is filled in.</div><div class="i1"><span class="em">b) Is the bathroom for the exclusive use of the dwelling?</span><br /><br />If it is only used by persons living in the dwelling, circle 1 (yes) is filled in.<br /><br />If it is used by persons from 2 or more dwellings, circle 2 (no) is filled in.</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the dwelling’s access to a bathroom.

Universe

Dominican Republic 1981: Primary household in occupied dwellings [discrepanices: type I trace; type II trace]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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