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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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Rooms used for sleeping (DO1981A_BDROOMS)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 224
End: 224
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
22. Rooms occupied by the household </p>
<div class="i1">a) How many rooms does this household occupy (not counting bath or rooms used in common with another household)?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 <br />[] 2<br />[] 3<br />[] 4 <br />[] 5 <br />[] 6<br />[] 7 <br />[] 8 <br />[] 9 or more</div><div class="i1">b) Of these rooms, how many are used for sleeping?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 <br />[] 2<br />[] 3<br />[] 4 <br />[] 5 <br />[] 6<br />[] 7 <br />[] 8 <br />[] 9 or more</div>
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Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
9 9+
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 22: Rooms occupied by the household</span><div class="i1"><span class="em">a) How many rooms does this household occupy?</span><br />(Not counting the kitchen, bathroom, or rooms shared with other households)<br /><br />The circle corresponding to the number of rooms occupied by the enumerated household is filled in.<br /><br />The kitchen, bathroom, and rooms shared with other households are not counted.<br /><br />Note: When the dwelling is occupied by only one household, the answer to this question will coincide with the answer to question 18.<br /><br />A census household is constituted of one or more persons, related or not, who live in the same census dwelling and who share a common food budget.</div><div class="i1"><span class="em">b) Of these rooms, how many are used for sleeping?</span><br /><br />The circle corresponding to the number of rooms used for sleeping is filled in. This includes the rooms that are used for another purpose during the day but that are used for sleeping at night.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of rooms used for sleeping in the dwelling.
Universe
Dominican Republic 1981: Occupied dwellings [discrepanices: type I trace; type II trace]

concept

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