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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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Iron and refrigerator (NI1971A_IRONREF)

Data file: NIC1971_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 211
End: 211
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="NI71A044 NI71A045"><span class="em">14. Household appliances</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">Radio</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><div class="i1">Television</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><div class="i1">Electric iron</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><div class="i1">Refrigerator</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes, has both electric iron and refrigerator
2 Yes, has electric iron only
3 Yes, has refrigerator only
4 No, does not have electric iron or refrigerator
8 Unknown
9 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the household has an iron or refrigerator.
Universe
Nicaragua 1971: Private occupied households [discrepancies: type I 0.1%, type II 0.1%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Appliances, Mechanicals, Other Amenities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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