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1989 Population and Housing census - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1989
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KEN_1989_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Finance and Planning, IPUMS
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Tenure (KE1989A_TENURE)

Data file: KEN1989_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 174
End: 175
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="KE89A010">H10. Status of tenure of the main residential structure:<br /><br /><div class="i1">If owner-occupied, state whether</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Purchased<br />[] 2 Constructed<br />[] 3 Inherited</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">If rented, state whether</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 4 Government<br />[] 5 Local authority<br />[] 6 Parastatal<br />[] 7 Private company<br />[] 8 Individual<br />[] 9 Other form of tenure</div><br /><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Owner-occupied: purchased
02 Owner-occupied: constructed by owner
03 Owner-occupied: inherited by owner
04 Rented: from government
05 Rented: from local authority
06 Rented: from a parastatal entity
07 Rented: from a private company
08 Rented: from an individual landlord
09 Other
98 Unknown
99 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the status of tenure of the main residential structure whether it is owned or rented.
Universe
Kenya 1989: All households, except travellers and those receiving the short questionnaire [discrepancies: none]

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