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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 in the dwelling (DO1981A_ROOMSDW)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 219
End: 219
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
18. Rooms in the dwelling</p>
<div class="i1">How many rooms total does this dwelling have? (Not including the kitchen or bathroom)</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 18: Rooms in the Dwelling</span></p>

<p><span class="em">How many rooms, in total, does this dwelling have? (not counting the kitchen or bathroom)</span></p>

<p>The circle corresponding to the number of rooms in the dwelling, not counting the bathroom or kitchen, is filled in.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of rooms in the dwelling.
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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