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General Population Census VI and Housing IV - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1985
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URY_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Office of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Agricultural use of land (UY1985A_RURALAGR)

Data file: URY1985_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 190
End: 190
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="UY85A033">8. Only for rural areas -- the piece of land where this dwelling is found: is it used for agricultural and/or livestock industry?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes, it measures less than 1 hectare<br />[] 2 Yes, it measures 1 hectare or more<br />[] 3 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Less than 1 hectare
2 More than 1 hectare
3 Not meant for agriculture
4 Undocumented
9 Unknown
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="UY85A023 UY85A024 UY85A025 UY85A026 UY85A027 UY85A028 UY85A030 UY85A032 UY85A033 UY85A034 UY85A035"><span class="em">A. Identification</span><br />This section is meant to identify each Census document. Filling it out will be done in stages.<br /><br />I) Before beginning your route transfer the information from the sleeve of your folder to each of the Census documents, in the following way:<br /><br /><div class="i1">Transfer the identification numbers in the established order:</div><br /><ul class="b2">
<li>Department</li>

<li>Census section</li>

<li>Segment</li>

<li>Zone</li>
</ul><br /><div class="i1">Order No. of the enumerator within a zone<br />Write down the name and the category of the locality and its codes.<br /><br />In number 7 ("Area") mark with a cross the same box that is marked in the sleeve of your folder.<br /><br />If you marked urban, cross out item 8 since it is only for rural areas.</div><br /><br />II) Before beginning every interview, complete the rest of the identification of the Census document in the following way.<br /><br />Number the dwellings consecutively, beginning with "01", writing down the same number for each one on the control sheet.<br /><br />Number the documents consecutively, beginning with "01" according to the number that you put in the control sheet.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 15]</span><br /><br />Write down the address of a dwelling.<br /><br />The address should identify a dwelling in such a manner that it is distinguished from any other dwelling or place.<br /><br />If a dwelling does not have a street number, or is not on a street, road or highway, some fixed point that serves as a reference should be mentioned (a close intersection of streets or routes, distance to a street, route, railroad, geographic feature and in general, any other point of reference that is permanent).<br /><br />The address of a document should coincide with what is put down on the control sheet.<br /><br />If your zone is a rural area, you should, then, ask the head of household:<br /><br /><div class="i1">Is the piece of land where this dwelling is found involved in agricultural and livestock production? (number 8)</div><br /><br />If a head responds yes, ask: "Does it measure less than a hectare?"<br /><br />If a response is affirmative, mark box "1", if it is negative, mark box "2" (measures one or more hectare).<br /><br />If a piece of land is not involved in agricultural or livestock production, mark box "3".<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the household's agricultural use of land and the size (if involved in agriculture). The census question specified the question be asked to households located in rural areas, but in the data households located in urban areas also have responses to the question.
Universe
Uruguay 1985: All households

concept

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