Count of Population and Dwellings, 2005 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset
Mexico, 2005
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Reference ID
MEX_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Sep 29, 2011
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- MEX2005_PHC-H-H.dat
- MEX2005_PHC-P-H.dat
Number of bedrooms (MX2005A_ROOMBD)
Data file: MEX2005_PHC-H-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
176
End:
177
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h3">1.2 Number of rooms</span>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | 1 |
| 02 | 2 |
| 03 | 3 |
| 04 | 4 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 06 | 6 |
| 07 | 7 |
| 08 | 8 |
| 09 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 12 | 12 |
| 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 16 | 16 |
| 17 | 17 |
| 18 | 18 |
| 19 | 19 |
| 20 | 20 |
| 21 | 21 |
| 22 | 22 |
| 23 | 23 |
| 24 | 24 |
| 25 | 25 |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="MX05A033 MX05A034 MX05A036 MX05A037 MX05A038 MX05A039 MX05A040 MX05A041 MX05A042 MX05A043 MX05A044 MX05A045"><span class="h3">Section I: Characteristics of the dwelling</span><br /><br />If the class of private dwelling is an independent house, apartment in a building or tenement house and dwelling or room on a roof, ask questions of section 1.<br /><br />If it is a premises not built for inhabitation, mobile dwelling or shelter, do not ask the questions of section I: Characteristics of the dwelling.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="MX05A034 MX05A035"><span class="h3">1.2 Number of rooms</span><br /><br />The first question refers to the number of rooms (delineated by walls and roof) that are regularly used to sleep, although they have another use.<br /><br />With the second question, it is to know the total number of rooms that a dwelling has: kitchen, living rooms, dining room, large room, bedroom, or study.<br /><br />Verify that an informant does not include hallways or bathrooms in any of the two questions.<br /><br />When in a dwelling, wine cellars, granaries, commercial premises, stores, depots and others similar spaces exist, they are thought of as rooms only if they are used regularly for sleeping. That is, count them as bedrooms and also in the total number of rooms. But if nobody sleeps there, do not count them.<br /><br />Be careful to point out that all rooms of a dwelling are counted since in some places, the dwellings have separate or independent rooms in the same plot of land.<br /><br />[To the right of the text is a form for 1.2 Number of rooms.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 56]</span><br /><br />There are dwellings that have a single room that is used for sleeping, cooking, eating, etc; you should consider that the dwelling has a room for sleeping in the first question one room total, for the second question.<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="MX05A034 MX05A035"><span class="h3">1.2 Number of rooms</span><br /><br />The first question refers to the number of rooms (delineated by walls and roof) that are regularly used to sleep, although they have another use.<br /><br />With the second question, it is to know the total number of rooms that a dwelling has: kitchen, living rooms, dining room, large room, bedroom, or study.<br /><br />Verify that an informant does not include hallways or bathrooms in any of the two questions.<br /><br />When in a dwelling, wine cellars, granaries, commercial premises, stores, depots and others similar spaces exist, they are thought of as rooms only if they are used regularly for sleeping. That is, count them as bedrooms and also in the total number of rooms. But if nobody sleeps there, do not count them.<br /><br />Be careful to point out that all rooms of a dwelling are counted since in some places, the dwellings have separate or independent rooms in the same plot of land.<br /><br />[To the right of the text is a form for 1.2 Number of rooms.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 56]</span><br /><br />There are dwellings that have a single room that is used for sleeping, cooking, eating, etc; you should consider that the dwelling has a room for sleeping in the first question one room total, for the second question.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the number of bedrooms.
Universe
Mexico 2005: Private dwellings built for habitation [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD | IPUMS |