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Censos Nacionales- Mayo de 1973. III de Vivienda – VII de Población - IPUMS Subset

Costa Rica, 1973
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CRI_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos, Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio, IPUMS
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Condition of the dwelling (CR1973A_DWCOND2)

Data file: CRI1973_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 221
End: 221
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CR73A023 CR73A042">6. Condition<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Good<br />[] 2 Fair<br />[] 3 Poor</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Poor
2 Fair
3 Good
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
<svar a="all" v="CR73A023 CR73A042"><span class="em">4.8.- Question 6.- Condition</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a filled out form.]<br /><br /><div class="i1">4.8.1.- <span class="em">Good</span>: A dwelling in good condition to be inhabited, and that does not show apparent flaws.<br /><br />4.8.2.- <span class="em">Fair</span>: A dwelling that requires repairs of some importance, by damages or lack of floor, ceiling, or defects in the walls or roofs.<br /><br />4.8.3- <span class="em">Bad</span>: is a dwelling that is found to be very deteriorated by a sunken or cracked base, cracked collapsing walls with holes or, deteriorated or unsafe roofs, foundations in a bad state, etc.<br /><br />Also to be considered is the case of an inadequate dwelling having discarded materials used in the foundation, walls or roof.<br /><br />Therefore, the general criteria for classifying a dwelling as <span class="em">bad</span> will be that such building should be totally eliminated or substituted.<br /><br />A hovel is a dwelling in a bad state.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the condition of the dwelling.
Universe
Costa Rica 1973: Occupied private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

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