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2005 National Census. Eighth Census of Population, Fourth Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 2005
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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Dwelling ownership (NI2005A_OWNERSHP)

Data file: NIC2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 225
End: 225
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="NI05A036">8. This dwelling that is occupied is:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Rented<br />[] 2 Allotted or lent for free<br />[] 3 Being paid in installments or mortgaged<br />[] 4 Borrowed<br />[] 5 Owned without legal contract<br />[] 6 Owned with legal contract<br />[] 7 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Rented
2 Allotted or lent for free
3 Being paid in installments or mortgaged
4 Borrowed
5 Owned without legal contract
6 Owned with legal contract
7 Other
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 v="NI05A036"><span class="h2">Dwelling tenure</span><br /><br /><span class="h3">Definitions</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Allotted or lent for free</span><br />This dwelling is inhabited as a benefit given by a person's work or it belongs to a family member.<br /><br /><span class="em">Being paid in installments or mortgaged</span><br />This is a dwelling which is generally being paid for in monthly installments.<br /><br /><span class="em">Owned without legal contract</span><br />This is a dwelling which still does not have legal documents. It may or may not have a notice of payment from the title office.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="NI05A036"><span class="em">Question 8. The dwelling that is occupied is:</span><br /><br />Read the options one by one and mark an "X" next to the one stated by the informant.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the dwelling ownership.
Universe
Nicaragua 2005: Private households with inhabitants present or hotel, boarding house and guest house [discrepancies: none]

concept

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