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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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Structural type (CA1981A_STRTY)

Data file: CAN1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 135
End: 135
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CA81A034"><span class="em">Question 12.</span><br />Single and semi-detached house<br />If you live in what is referred to as a "linked home" (a single house which is not attached to any other dwelling above ground, but is attached below ground), mark "Single house".<br />Duplex and apartment<br />Two dwellings, one above the other, attached to other dwellings are to be considered as apartments and not as duplexes.<br />Apartment<br />Do not count as storeys floors that are used solely for parking, storage or laundry and recreation facilities.<br />If you are in doubt concerning the number of storeys in an apartment building, mark "Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys" if there is at least one passenger elevator in the building. If there is no passenger elevator in the building, mark "Apartment in a building that has less than five storeys".<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CA81A034">12. Is this dwelling a:<br /><div class="i1">Mark one box only<br />[] Single house - a single dwelling not attached to any other building and surrounded on all sides by open space?<br />[] Semi-detached or double house -one of two dwellings attached side by side but not attached to any other building and surrounded on all other sides by open space?<br />[] Duplex - one of two dwellings, one above the other, not attached to any other building and surrounded on all sides by open space?<br />[] Row house - one of three or more dwellings joined side by side but not having any other dwellings either above or below?<br />[] Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys: for example, a dwelling unit in a high-rise apartment building?<br />[] Apartment in a building that has less than five storeys - for example, a dwelling unit in a triplex, quadruplex or a dwelling unit in a non-residential building or in a house that has been converted?<br />[] House attached to a non-residential building - a single dwelling attached at ground level to another building (such as a store, etc.) but separated from it by a common wall running from ground to roof?<br />[] Mobile home (designed and constructed to be transported on its own chassis and capable of being moved on short notice)?<br />[] Other movable dwelling (such as a tent, travel trailer, railroad car or houseboat)?</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Single detached
2 Apartment, five or more storeys
3 Other multiple dwellings
4 Mobile and other movable dwelling
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 type of the structure of a dwelling.
Universe
Canada 1981: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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