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General Census of Population and Housing, 1983 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 1983
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GIN_1983_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Census Bureau, Popular Revolutionary Republic of Guinea, IPUMS
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Type of building (GN1983A_BLDTY)

Data file: GIN1983_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 140
End: 140
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="GN83A039 GN83A041 GN83A042 GN83A043 GN83A044 GN83A045 GN83A046"><span class="h2">Section B: Housing questionnaire</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GN83A039"><span class="h3">I. Type of building</span><br />(Circle the number corresponding to the type of housing occupied by the household.)<br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Compound<br />[] 2 Modern hut<br />[] 3 Single building<br />[] 4 House (villa)<br />[] 5 Traditional hut<br />[] 6 Apartment building<br />[] 9 Other type of building (specify) ___</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Traditional house
2 Modern house
3 Compound
4 Simple villa
5 Villa with annexes
6 Apartment building
7 Other type of building
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 building in which the household resides.
Universe
Guinea 1983: All households

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