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Population and Dwelling Count 1995 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 1995
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MEX_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Ownership (MX1995A_OWNER)

Data file: MEX1995_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 205
End: 205
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX95A043"><span class="h3">1.18 Ownership</span><br />Is this dwelling:<br /><div class="i1">Read the options until getting an affirmative response.<br /><br />[] 1 Owned, being paid for?<br />[] 2 Owned?<br />[] 3 Rented?<br />[] 4 Is in another situation?</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Owned, paying for it
2 Owned
3 Rented
4 In another situation
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="MX95A043"><span class="em">1.18 Ownership</span><br /><br />This question finds out the degree of security of occupants to remain in a dwelling and identifies the impact on the family budget when it is rented or being paid for.<br /><br />Ownership is the legal or de facto situation in which occupants inhabit a dwelling.<br /><br />[graphic of the question from the census form]<br /><br />This question has four answer options, circle the one where the informant answers affirmatively.<br /><br />An owned dwelling has two options, which are mentioned below.<br /><br /><span class="ital">Owned, paying for it? 1</span><br /><br />When it is being covered or paid for by debit or mortgage.<br /><br /><span class="ital">Owned? 2</span><br /><br />When the value of the house is not in debt.<br /><br />If at least one of the occupants is owner of a dwelling, it is registered as owned. Only the property of the dwelling is taken into account, without that of the land being important. In <span class="pg">[p. 76]</span> cases of cooperative pieces of land, it is recommended to read from the option Owned? Without mentioning the option Owned being paid for?<br /><br /><span class="ital">Rented? 3</span><br /><br />When a dwelling is occupied in exchange for a rent payment.<br /><br /><span class="ital">In another situation?</span><br /><br />When a dwelling is loaned or ceded in exchange for personal service, domestic or other reason.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates ownership of the dwelling.
Universe
Mexico 1995: All households

concept

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