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XII Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 2010. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 2010
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BRA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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Number of heads (BR2010A_NHEADSHH)

Data file: BRA2010_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 266
End: 266
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BR10A062 BR10A063"><span class="h3">4. Information on residents</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BR10A063">4.02 This household in under the responsibility of: <br />(A responsible person is that one recognized as such by other residents of the household)<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Only one resident<br />[] 2 More than one resident</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Only one resident
2 More than one resident
8 Unknown
9 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="BR10A063"><span class="em">4.02 - Head of household: (mutually agreed head of household)</span><br /><div class="i1">1 - Only one resident<br />2 - More than one resident</div><br /> <br />To complete this question, you must know the concept of head of household.<br /> <br />Head of household is a person who is at least ten years old, and is recognized as such by the rest of the household members.<br /> <br />You should investigate with the household residents if the responsibility is exercised by one or more residents.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of heads in the household.
Universe
Brazil 2010: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Constructed Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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