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The Population and Housing Census of Thailand 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Thailand, 1970
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Type of living quarters (TH1970A_0041)

Data file: THA1970-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 126
End: 126
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Part 4 Housing questions


Do not ask the collective household.

For Municipal Areas, ask housing questions in all households.


For Non-Municipal Areas, ask housing questions only in households with the letter "B".
(The letter of the 9th column in the "Sor Por Kor 1" form is:
[] A
[] B
[] C
[] D.
If the letter "B" is checked, ask the housing questions. If not, terminate the interview.)


[Approximately 1 in 3 households from Non-Municipal Areas were asked the household questions.]


Questions 25-26. Record either interview from the inspection of the house.



25. Type of structure:

[] 1 Detached house
[] 2 Row house
[] 3 Apartment
[] 4 Room
[] 5 Mobile (boat, raft, or car)
[] Others, specify ____


If marked "5" or "Others," terminate the interview.
Categories
Value Category
1 Detached house
2 Row house
3 Apartment
4 Room
5 Mobile
6 Other
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.
Interviewer instructions
3.12 Living Place of a Household
A living place is a place in which a household usually lives. It can have one of the following characteristics.

a. A single house that includes kitchen, garage, maid's house (if any) that is connected to the main house
b. Several houses located within the same area, that are used as a living place for the same household
c. Row house, row rooms, or row building
d. Suites
e. Rooms in a house
f. Boats or cars (movable)
g. Other types of living place such as caves, cars, boats that are not movable


3.13 Single house
A single house is a house that is built separately and not attached to another house. A Thai-style house that is composes of separate houses joined together by a platform and is used as a living place for people in the same household is considered a single house. A boathouse that is used as a living place is also considered a single house.

3.14 Row house, row rooms, or row building
These refer to houses that have the floor above the ground or rooms that have the floor attached to the ground. The row houses have two rooms or more attached to one another, and the common wall can be one or more than one side. The building may have single story or multiple stories, and the row houses also include row boathouses.

3.15 Suites
A suite is a group of rooms that are a part of a building, and it is used as a living place for a household. A suite includes kitchen, bathroom, and its own entrance to that living place.

3.16 Rooms within a house
This refers to a room or more than one room within a house that a household uses as a living place. This household may or may not share the kitchen, bathroom, and the entrance to the living place with another household that lives within the same house.

3.17 Movable boats, rafts or cars
A boat refers to a boat that is used as a living place for a household.
A raft refers to a raft that floats along the river and has a living place on it. This raft does not include the boathouses that stay near the river bank.
A car refers to a car or a trailer that is used as a living place for a household.



Number 25: Characteristics of living place of the household
Select from one of the following characteristics that matches the characteristics of the living place of the household:

Single house (or detached house)
Row house/building
Apartment
Rooms (within a house)
Boat, floating house, or car that is mobile


If the characteristics of the living place are none of the above, specify the characteristics of that place.

If the characteristics of the living place are "boat, floating house, or car" or "other", terminate the interview.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of living quarters. Many rural households also have a response to this question.
Universe
Urban and sampled rural private households

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Concept
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Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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