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National Population Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2011
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NPL_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Age of house in years (NP2011A_DWAGE)

Data file: NPL2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 200
End: 203
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Household Information</span></p>

<p><span class="em">[2.5] How old is the house? ____</span>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Household information</span></p>

<p><span class="em">2.5 How old is the house?</span>
<br />The age of the house where the family is living in should be determined/identified and written in years. If the house is constructed is less than a year ago, 00 should be written in the specified place. If the house was constructed earlier, and some floors were added later, then the first construction date should be identified in case of such a house and accordingly the total number years should be written. The family living in rental may not know the age of the house. In such case, the age should be written as per the response from the owner of the house.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the age of house in years.
Universe
Nepal 2011: All households

concept

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

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
This is a 4-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places
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