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III Housing Census and VIII Population Census of 1973 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1973
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GTM_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Urban or rural area (GT1973A_URBAN)

Data file: GTM1973_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 149
End: 149
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">I. Geographic location</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GT73A409">4. Area:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Urban<br />[] 2 Rural</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Urban
2 Rural
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">C. Detailed instructions for filling out the dwelling form</span></p>

<p><span class="em">I Geographic localization</span></p>

<p>Write the following information on all the forms in your assigned zone: 1) Department; 2) Municipality; 3) Cartographic code; 4) Area (urban or rural, as appropriate). This information is on the cover of your folder.</p>

<p>The correct localization of the enumeration zone and its dwellings requires additional information that you should investigate and record, as shown below:</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 35]</span></p>

<p>Information that should be copied from the folder:
<br />[This box contains questions 1-4 of the section I "geographic localization"]</p>

<p>Information that should be investigated and recorded at the time of the interview:
<br />[This box contains questions 5-7 of the section I "geographic localization"]</p>

<p>Using the above box as a guide, write the information taken from the folder on each of the census forms. Find out the name and category of the populated area, as well as the address of the building in which the dwelling is located.</p>

<p>[A graphic of both sides of box 1 is again reproduced. It is identical to the previous one, except that it includes the title: "Geographic localization."]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the dwelling is located in an urban or rural area.
Universe
Guatemala 1973: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Geography: F-N Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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