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Population Census; Building and Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Austria, 1981
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AUT_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Austrian Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Number of rooms in dwelling (AT1981A_ROOMDW1)

Data file: AUT1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 204
End: 205
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="AT81A055"><span class="em">(3) Number of rooms (without kitchen, kitchen-cum-living room, and adjoining rooms)</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1<br />[] 2<br />[] 3<br />[] 4<br />[] 5<br />[] 6<br />[] 7<br />[] 8<br />[] 9<br />[] 10 or more</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="AT81A055">(3) Living areas are: Living rooms, bedrooms, children's and guest rooms (for relatives, friends), as long as they have a minimum of 4 m2.<br />Livings areas are not: Kitchens, kitchen-cum-living-room, and adjoining rooms (anteroom, entrance hall, bathroom, storeroom, dining room, closet room, veranda, etc.).<br />Rooms (to let) (for commercial or rather private rooms for rent) are likewise not included as living areas because they are not meant for personal use.<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10+
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
<svar a="all" v="AT81A055"><span class="em">For Question 3, Number of living quarters:</span><br /><br />The size of the dwelling is not only illustrated through the answer concerning the usable area of the dwelling, but also through the number of living quarters. Please observe that in most cases--under the noncompliance of the explanations--also the adjoining rooms are counted as living quarters. See to a correction, if necessary.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of rooms in dwelling.
Universe
Austria 1981: Private household, except single rooms without kitchen [unverified]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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