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VIII National Population and Housing Census, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2002
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DOM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Absent resident (DO2002A_ABSRES)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 193
End: 193
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Column 2</span>
<br />Please tell me the names of the persons that live most of the time in this household, trying to keep to this order: head of household (entered on the first line), spouse or companion of the head of household, children, stepchildren, son/daughter-in-law, parents and parents in law, grandchildren, other family relatives (brothers/sisters, brothers/sisters-in-law, aunts/uncles, etc.), domestic worker, other non-relatives</p>
<div class="i1">____</div><p>21. Apart from the persons listed, is there any household member who lives in this dwelling most of the time, but is absent because of vacation, work, business, illness, etc.?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes (Enter the corresponding data in the table above) <br />[] 2 No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
8 Unknown
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
<span class="em">Section V: List of Household Members</span>
<br />This section contains the list of permanent residents (present or absent during the survey), including children, newborn babies and elderly people. </p>

<p>For the purpose of the census, a permanent resident is a person that lives permanently in the household. </p>

<p>During the census visit, a person who has been absent from the household for less than 6 months because he/she was travelling for leisure, business, study or has been in boarding school or in the hospital or the like, or in jail with no determined sentence or in military service, is a also considered a permanent resident. </p>

<p><span class="pg">[PAGE 21]</span></p>

<p>In the collective households, all of the following are considered permanent residents: </p>
<div class="i1">Residents admitted to a hospital, nursing home, convent or the like. <br />Residents condemned for life sentence.</div><p>Additionally, permanent residents are:</p>

<p>Household workers that live in the workplace, independently of how many times they work (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, etc.)</p>

<p><span class="em">The following are not considered permanent residents and should be surveyed in their respective households:</span><div class="i1">The people that conveniently or obligatory sleep in the workplace (i.e. doctors, nurses, soldier, construction worker, seasonal agricultural worker, etc.) but that normally return to their houses. <br />Household workers that only work by day or hours (i.e. those who work from 8 AM to 5 PM), or only some days and return to their home.</div><span class="em">Question 21: Besides all people mentioned, is there any household member that is not present and is travelling for leisure, business, study or has been in the hospital, etc.?</span></p>

<p>If the answer is "yes" record the information of that person in the chart of the List of Household Members.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates that the household has an absent resident.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2002: Occupied designated households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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