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1971 National Census of Dwellings and Population - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1971
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NIC_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Number of sleeping rooms (NI1971A_BEDROOM)

Data file: NIC1971_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

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

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="NI71A031 NI71A032"><span class="em">3. Number of rooms and bedrooms</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">____ Total number of rooms<br />____ Of these, how many are bedrooms?</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 0
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8+
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="NI71A031 NI71A032"><span class="em">Question #3</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Number of rooms and bedrooms</span><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">a. How to carry out the investigation</span><br />The following definitions should be taken into account in investigating this topic:</div><br /><div class="i2">Room: A room is the space situated in a dwelling that is separated by walls that rise at least 2 meters from the floor and that have enough room for an adult-sized bed, or are at least 4 square meters in size. The following are considered to be rooms: bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, servant's quarters, and other rooms that can be used as lodging for persons or that are designed for that purpose. The following are not considered to be rooms: hallways, open galleries, foyers, etc. as well as bathrooms and rooms used exclusively for commercial or industrial purposes.<br /><br />Bedroom: A bedroom is a room (see definition above) that is used principally for sleeping.</div><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">b. How to record the data</span><br />The total number of rooms and the total number of bedrooms is recorded. For dwellings with only one room, "zero" (0) is marked for bedrooms.<br /><br />c. Example:</div><br /><br />[These instructions refer to a graph of question 3 on the census form]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of sleeping rooms in the dwelling.
Universe
Nicaragua 1971: Private occupied households [discrepancies: type I 0.1%, type II 0.1%]

concept

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