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1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Philippines, 1990
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PHL_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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How was the house acquired (PH1990A_ACQUIRE)

Data file: PHL1990_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 216
End: 216
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="PH90A036"><span class="em">H5. Acquisition of Housing Unit</span><br /><br />How did you acquire this housing unit?<br /><br />___ Enter code<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 Purchased .<br />2 Constructed by the owner/occupants with or without help of friends/relatives<br />3 Constructed by hired/skilled workers<br />4 Constructed by an organized contractor<br />5 Inherited (Enter code, go to H7)<br />6 Others (lottery, gift) (Enter code, go to H7)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Purchased
2 Owner constructed
3 Constructed by hired workers
4 Constructed by organized contractor
5 Inherited
6 Others
8 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates how the housing unit was acquired.
Universe
Philippines 1990: Households that own or are amortizing the housing unit [discrepancies: none]

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