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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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Urban (PY1972A_URBAN)

Data file: PRY1972_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 179
End: 179
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Geographic code:</p>

<p>____ Department</p>

<p>____ Municipality</p>

<p>____ Sector</p>

<p>____ A.E. </p>

<p>____ Block </p>

<p>____ Form number</p>

<p>Urban area:</p>
<div class="i1">3. ____ Name of the street or avenue:<br /><br />4. ____ House number</div><p>Rural area:</p>
<div class="i1">5. Name of the Colony [<span class="lang">Colonia</span>]: ____<br /><br />6. Name of the Company [<span class="lang">Compañia</span>]: ____<br /><br />7. Other type of locality:<br /><div class="i2">____ a) Name:<br />____ b) Category:</div><br /><br />8. ____ House number:</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Urban
2 Rural
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">I. Geographic localization</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A011 PY72A426 PY72A012">The geographic localization permits us to establish the location of the dwelling and of the population within the national territory at the date of the census.<br /><br />The localization will be done by zones: urban and rural.<br />1. Department: On this line, you should write the name of the department in whose jurisdiction the municipality where you are working is located.<br />2. Municipality: Write the name of your municipality.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A013">Urban Zone<br />3. The name of the street or avenue: On this line you should note the name of the street or avenue on which the dwelling is located. Ask if the name that appears on your illustrated map is known by the persons, and if it is not, next write this name and in parenthesis, the name known to the neighbors.<br /></svar></p>

<p>Rural Zone
<br />5. Number of the colony: If the dwelling is situated within the boundaries of a colony, write this in the line for name of colony.</p>

<p>6. Name of the company: If the place in which you are working is within a company, on this line, write the name of this company.</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A014">7. Other locality: If the populated place is within a colony or company or outside of them, and has a particular name by which it is known, in a) write this name and in b), the category that the inhabitants assign it: station, rest area, ranch, etc.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the household is located in an urban or rural area.
Universe
Paraguay 1972: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Geography: O-Z Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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