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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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Ownership (NI1971A_OWNER)

Data file: NIC1971_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 196
End: 196
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="NI71A033 NI71A034"><span class="em">4. Tenure and monthly rent</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Owned<br />[] 2 Rented</div><br /><div class="i2">____ Monthly rent</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 3 Other form of tenure</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Owned
2 Rented
3 Other form of ownership/use
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="NI71A033 NI71A034"><span class="em">Question #4</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Tenure and monthly rent</span><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">a. How to carry out the investigation</span><br />The following definitions will allow the dwelling's tenure to be investigated correctly:</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 27]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">Tenure is understood to be the arrangements by which the household occupies the place of abode. That is, the form in which the household possesses the dwelling.</div><br /><div class="i2"><span class="em">Owned</span>: The dwelling that belongs to a member of the household occupying that dwelling.<br /><br />Included as owned are those dwellings that are being acquired via payments but are not completely paid for.<br /><br /><span class="em">Rented</span>: The dwelling that does not belong to a household member occupying that dwelling and that is being occupied through a payment of rent.<br /><br /><span class="em">Monthly rent</span>: If the dwelling is rented, the amount of monthly rent paid for the right of occupying the dwelling is requested.<br /><br /><span class="em">Other forms of tenure</span>: These are cases where the dwelling does not belong to a household member and is not rented. Such is the case for caretakers or employees whose dwelling is provided by the owner or company.</div><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">b. How to record the data</span><br />After the tenure is determined, an "X" is marked in the appropriate box. If the dwelling is rented, the amount of monthly rent is recorded in the space provided.<br /><br /><span class="em">c. Example</span>:</div><br /><br />[These instructions refer to a graph of question 4 on the census form]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates dwelling ownership.
Universe
Nicaragua 1971: Private occupied households [discrepancies: type I 0.1%, type II 0.1%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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