Swiss Federal Population Census of 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 1970

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Reference ID

CHE_1970_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Federal Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Dec 19, 2014

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Type of building (CH1970A_0094)

Data file: CHE1970-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 130

End: 130

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

2. Type of building

a) Is the building a:

[] Single family house
[] Two families house
[] 3 or more families house
[] Other type of building

[Notes to question 2]
a) Motor homes, ships, emergency shelters are to be indicated as such.

b) For farms, question 2b is to be answered "Yes" even if living spaces and agricultural spaces are separated.

c) In case of extensions and renovations the year of the original construction is to be chosen; in case of complete rebuilding, the year of rebuilding.

Categories

Value	Category
1	One family house
2	Two families house
3	Multiple families house
4	Other building
5	Emergency shelter

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

For which building is a building questionnaire to be completed?

58. Every residential building even if it is occupied only part time.

59. Other buildings if they contain at least one occupied or vacant dwelling.

60. Other accommodations if they are occupied on census day.

Description

Definition

This variable identifies the type of building for each household.

Universe

All households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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