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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 1972 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1972
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PRY_1972_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), IPUMS
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Occupancy (PY1972A_OCCUP)

Data file: PRY1972_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 180
End: 180
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">II. Dwelling information</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A416">1. Occupancy status<br /><div class="i1">The dwelling is:<br /><br />[] 1 Occupied with inhabitants present<br />[] 2 Occupied with inhabitants absent<br />[] 3 Unoccupied</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Inhabitants present
2 Inhabitants absent
9 Unknown
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="h3">II. Information about the dwelling</span></p>

<p>These serve to determine the principal characteristics and the conditions, in which they are found, in terms of the construction, comfort, disposition of basic services, etc.</p>

<p>For the purposes of the census, the dwelling is any shelter, separated and independent, built or used for housing persons.</p>

<p>In the "collective dwellings", this part will be completed up to the part of type of dwelling.</p>

<p>1. Condition of occupation:</p>

<p>The dwelling can be:</p>
<div class="i1">* Inhabited with occupants present: when it is occupied at the census date. Then you should mark box 1.<br />* Inhabited with occupants absent: when it is inhabited, but it occupants are temporarily absent on the census date, for reasons of work, traveling, etc.<br />* Uninhabited: when the dwelling is not occupied because it is for sale, under repair, legally disputed, abandoned, etc. This also includes the dwellings that are occupied in a transitory manner, but at the date of the census are unoccupied, as for example, summer homes, etc.</div><p>When you encounter a dwelling in this situations, you should only register the information about the dwelling that you can obtain, whether through simple observation or through reference of the neighbors.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the dwelling is occupied or unoccupied, and whether the residents were present or absent at the time of enumeration.
Universe
Paraguay 1972: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Technical Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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