National Census. Seventh Census of Population Third Census of Dwellings 1995 - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1995

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NIC_1995_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center

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Bedrooms in dwelling (NI1995A_0033)

Data file: NIC1995-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 122

End: 123

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Characteristics of the dwelling

Number of rooms
6. How many rooms does this dwelling have altogether? (Do not include bathrooms, kitchen, corridors, or garages)
Total: _ _

Of this total number of rooms, how many are always used for sleeping, even though they may have other uses during the day?
Total: _ _

Categories

Value	Category
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8+
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

Question 6: Number of rooms
Room: This is a space within the dwelling that is delimited by fixed divisions of any material. You should count as rooms: the living room, the dining room, the bedrooms, the combined living room/dining room, but you should not include in the count: the bathroom, hallway, kitchen, garages, storage room, workshop, etc.

Note the total number of rooms that the dwelling has, and of this total, note the number that are used for sleeping as long as the room does not have another use during the day.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of bedrooms in the dwelling.

Universe

Private occupied households with inhabitants present

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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