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Eighth General Population and Housing Census, 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2012
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SUR_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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House tenure (SR2012A_OWNERSHP)

Data file: SUR2012_PHC-H-H

Overview

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

Questions and instructions

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

<p><span class="h2">Part 2: Characteristics of the inhabited living quarter</span>
<br />[Applies to questions 5 - 9]</p>

<p>7. What arrangement is in place for the household's occupancy of this living quarter?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Property of one of the household members<br />[] 2 Rented from a public entity<br />[] 3 Rented from a private person or firm<br />[] 4 Hire-purchase<br />[] 5 No rent; free occupancy of a government residence [<span class="lang">Geen huur, gratis verblijf in een overheidswoning</span>]<br />[] 6 No rent; free occupancy of a private or business dwelling<br />[] 7 Squat<br />[] 8 Other, namely ____<br />[] 97 Don't know<br />[] 99 No response</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Property of one of the household members
2 Rented from a public entity
3 Rented from a private person or firm
4 Hire-purchase
5 No rent; free occupancy of a government residence
6 No rent; free occupancy of a private or business dwelling
7 Squatting
8 Other
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the tenure status of the household.
Universe
Suriname 2012: All households

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