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1981 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981
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CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Canada, IPUMS
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Number of persons per room (CA1981A_PERROOM)

Data file: CAN1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 147
End: 147
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CA81A020 CA81A045"><span class="em">Question 8.</span> If your household has more than six persons you will require more than one questionnaire. Please see the guideline for Question 1.<br />If you are using more than one questionnaire, please answer this question on the first questionnaire only.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CA81A020 CA81A045 CA81A403">8. How many persons usually live here (according to the "Whom to include" item in the instructions of question 1)?<br /><div class="i1">Number of persons _ _</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a=" CA81A044" v="CA81A044 CA81A045">15. How many rooms are there in this dwelling? (include kitchen, bedrooms, finished rooms in attic or basement, etc. Do not count bathrooms, halls, vestibules and rooms used solely for business purposes.)<br /><div class="i1">Number of rooms _ _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 0.5 or less
2 0.6 - 1.0
3 1.1 - 1.5
4 1.6 - 2.0
5 2.1 +
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the average number of persons per room in a dwelling.
Universe
Canada 1981: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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