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VII Censo de Población y VI de Vivienda 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 2010
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ECU_2010_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Minnesota Population Center
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Type of dwelling (EC2010A_0030)

Data file: ECU2010-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 151
End: 152
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 17
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
III. Type of dwelling
(Register this through observation)

Private dwelling:

[] 1 House/villa
[] 2 Apartment in a house or building
[] 3 Room in a boarding house
[] 4 Shack
[] 5 Small farmhouse
[] 6 Hovel
[] 7 Hut
[] 8 Other private dwelling

Continue to IV (main access to the dwelling)


Collective dwelling

[] 9 Hotel, pension, residence or hostel
[] 10 Military, police, or firemen's barracks
[] 11 Center for social rehabilitation / jail
[] 12 Shelter for housing and protecting boys and girls, women, and indigent persons.
[] 13 Hospital, clinic, etc.
[] 14 Convent or religious institution
[] 15 Elder home or orphanage
[] 16 Other collective dwelling

Continue to section 4 (Information about the population)


Without a dwelling

[] 17 Without a dwelling

Continue to section 4 (Information about the population)
Categories
Value Category
1 House or villa
2 Apartment in a house or building
3 Room in a boarding house
4 Shack
5 Small farmhouse
6 Hovel
7 Hut
8 Other private dwelling
9 Hotel, pension, residence, or hostel
10 Military, police, or firemen's barracks
11 Center for social rehabilitation or jail
12 Shelter for boys, girls, Females, and indigent persons
13 Hospital, clinic, or similar
14 Convent or religious institution
15 Elder home or orphanage
16 Other collective dwelling
17 Without a dwelling
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
[Sections III, IV, and V]

Step 4: Through observation othe dwelling, register: type of dwelling, principal access to the dwelling, and occupancy condition of the dwelling.

[Copies of sections III-V of the census questionnaire are omitted here.]

Important: The enumerator will investigate whether there is a private dwelling within the collective dwelling; which means that he/she should find out if within the collective dwelling there is a person or group of persons who live in the collective dwelling permanently; if this is the case, the interview should be done. For example: hotel owners, clinic caretakers, etc.

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Remember that for the dwellings that are occupied with persons absent (2), unoccupied (3), and under construction (4), you should open a census questionnaire and register it according to the following instructions:

[Copies of sections I-V of the census questionnaire are omitted here.]


(A) Register the I. Geographic Location of the dwelling, from number 1.1 to 1.7
(B) In identification of the dwelling and household, register numbers 1.9 and 1.12.
(C) Identify through observation and register the type of private dwelling.
(D) In principal accesss means and through observation, mark x as corresponds.
(E) In the condition of occupancy of the dwelling, register x in 2 when it is occupied with the persons absent, 3 when it is unoccupied, or 4 when the dwelling is under construction.
(F) Register your information.


Important: Once you have followed the instructions to cases of dwellings with the people absent, unoccupied, and under construction, leave the rest of the questionnaire blank, stick the enumerated label on the dwelling and continue with the next dwelling.




2. Types of dwelling
House:
This is all permanent construction made with resistant materials, such as: asbestos, reinforced concrete, stone, concrete block, brick, adobe, cane or wood. They generally have a water supply and sanitary services for exclusive use.

Apartment in a house or building:
This is a set of rooms that make up part of a building of one or more floors, characterized by being independent and, generally, has a water supply and sanitary services for exclusive use.

Cinderblock house [mediagua]:
This is a construction of only one floor, with walls made of brick, adobe, concrete block or wood, with a roof of clay tile, fiber-concrete sheets ('eternit' and 'árdex' [brands]) or zinc. The roof generally has one pitch and the house has one or two rooms maximum. If it has more than two rooms, it is considered a house.

Rental rooms:
These are made up of one or various rooms that are part of a house with a common entry and direct from a passageway, patio, hallway, or street, and generally does not have exclusive service of water or sanitary service.

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Shack:
This is a rustic construction, covered with zinc, palm or any other similar material, with walls of cane or mud and branches, and with a floor made of cane or wood. Generally, this type of dwelling is found in regions with a warm climate. In this category, you should not include the 'ranchos' of the rural properties or farms, these are considered as houses.

Small farm house:
This is the construction that has walls made of adobe, mud bricks, cane or mud and branches, with floors of dirt or wood and straw roof.

Hovel:
This is the construction which uses rustic materials without any treatment, such as: branches, cardboard, remnants of asbestos, cans, plastics, etc., with floor of wood, cane, or dirt.

Other private dwelling:
This is an improvised dwelling or place not built for this purpose, such as: garages, warehouses, truck trailers, tents, guardhouses, shipping containers, caves, ships, etc. In observations, you should register the type of improvised dwelling based on your observations.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of private or collective dwelling.
Universe
All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Group Quarters Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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