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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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Kitchen (NI1971A_KITCHEN)

Data file: NIC1971_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 208
End: 208
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="NI71A042"><span class="em">12. Kitchen</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Has a separate room for kitchen<br />[] 2 Without a separate room for kitchen but with a space designated for cooking<br />[] 3 With no space designated for cooking</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Separate room for kitchen
2 No separate kitchen, but with space designed for cooking
3 No space designed for cooking
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="NI71A042"><span class="em">Question #12</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Kitchen</span><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">a. How to carry out the investigation</span><br />It is investigated, according to the following definition, whether the dwelling has a "kitchen" or a "cooking space".</div><br /><div class="i2"><span class="em">Kitchen</span>: The room used for cooking in the dwelling that is equipped for the preparation of principal meals.<br /><br /><span class="em">Cooking space</span>: The place or space in the dwelling that does not meet the conditions of a "room" but that is used and equipped for the preparation of principal meals.</div><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">b. How to record the data</span><br />Once it is determined that there is a kitchen used for this purpose [cooking], or a place for cooking, either box 1 or 2 is marked according to the case. Box 3 is marked if there is no kitchen in use or if there is no place for cooking.<br /><br /><span class="em">c. Example</span>:</div><br /><br />[These instructions refer to a graph of question 12 on the census form]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if there is a kitchen 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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