Population and Housing Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2001

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BGD_2001_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center

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Type of main house (BD2001A_0035)

Data file: BGD2001-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 139

End: 139

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

9. Household types of main house

[] 1 Jhupri/Slum
[] 2 Katcha
[] 3 Semi Pucca
[] 4 Pucca

Categories

Value	Category
1	Jhupri/slum
2	Katcha
3	Semi-pucca
4	Pucca
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

Question 9: Type of the Main House of the Household
Generally the head of the household lives in the main house of the household. In this case, ask the respondent to get the correct answer about the main house of the household. If not, possibly consider the most valuable one as the main house of the household. Look yourself and fill out the appropriate oval box. If the main house is jhupri fill out 1 oval box, for kutcha 2, for semi-pucca 3 and for pucca fill out 4 oval box in the questionnaire.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the type of main house.

Universe

Permanent households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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