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Swiss Federal Population Census of 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 1970
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CHE_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Federal Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Year structure was built (CH1970A_YRBUILT)

Data file: CHE1970_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 152
End: 152
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CH70A094 CH70A095">2. Type of building<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CH70A095"><div class="i1">c) When was the building constructed?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Before 1947<br />[] 1947 -- 1960<br />[] After 1960</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="CH70A094 CH70A095"><div class="i1">[Notes to question 2]<br />a) Motor homes, ships, emergency shelters are to be indicated as such.<br /><br />b) For farms, question 2b is to be answered "Yes" even if living spaces and agricultural spaces are separated.<br /><br />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.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Before 1946
2 1946-1960
3 1961-1970
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 identifies the year when the structure was built for each household, with the exclusion of emergency shelters.
Universe
Switzerland 1970: All households except emergency shelters [discrepancies: none]

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