1991 Census - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom, 1991

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GBR_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Centre for Census and Survey Research, IPUMS

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Type of minimal household unit (UK1991A_MHUTY)

Data file: GBR1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 255

End: 255

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
	Visitors in households
1	MHU type 1: Unmarried adult (including non-dependent children and lone parents with non-dependent children)
2	MHU type 2: One parent family with dependent children
3	MHU type 3: Married couple with no dependent children
4	MHU type 4: Cohabitating couple with no dependent children
5	MHU type 5: Married couple with dependent children
6	MHU type 6: Cohabitating couple with dependent children
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the type of minimal household unit.

Universe

United Kingdom 1991: All persons

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