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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 1982 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1982
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PRY_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), IPUMS
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Number of sleeping rooms (PY1982A_BEDRMS)

Data file: PRY1982_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 194
End: 195
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
a) How many rooms does this dwelling have? ____</p>

<p>b) Of these, how many are used for sleeping? ____
Categories
Value Category
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10+
98 Unknown
99 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
<svar a="all" v="PY82A030 PY82A031 PY82A032 PY82A033"><span class="em">Question 4. Rooms in the dwelling</span><br /><br />Read each question and write down: <br /><br />- On the line corresponding to questions a) and b), the number of floors declared by the informant.<br />- In questions c) and d) make an X in the corresponding box, depending on the case. <br /><br />[A depiction of questions 4a, b, c, and d, to the right of the preceding text is omitted here.]<br /><br />Keep in mind the following definition: <br /><br />"Room:" a space enclosed by walls that are elevated from the floor to the roof and which have an area large enough to fit at least a bed for an adult. An attic that fits this definition and is at least 2 meters high is considered a room. <br /><br /><span class="pg">[P. 26]</span><br /><br />The bathroom, the kitchen, and the rooms that are utilized exclusively for commercial, industrial, or service purposes, such as storehouses, stores, consulting offices [i.e. for a doctor, other professional], offices, hallways, etc. are not included in the number of rooms. If the kitchen is also used as a dining room, it is included as a room.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable identifies the number of sleeping rooms in the dwelling.
Universe
Paraguay 1982: Private households [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.8%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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