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General Population Census of 1968 - IPUMS Subset

France, 1968
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FRA_1968_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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INSEE (Institut National de la Statisque et des Etudes Economiques), IPUMS
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Number of floors in a building (FR1968A_FLOORS)

Data file: FRA1968_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 144
End: 145
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="FR68A014"><span class="h3">3a.</span> ___ Number of floors above the ground floor:<br />Including the attic garrets. Do not count cellars or basements. The heightened basement is considered an ordinary basement, but the mezzanine counts as a floor.<br />If there are several groups of buildings, indicate the number of floors of the highest buildings.<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 1
01 2
02 3
03 4
04 5
05 6
06 7
07 8
08 9
09 10 +
99 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="FR68A014"><span class="h3">3.3.3. Question 3: Number of floor above the ground floor.</span><br />For question 3a, refer to the house form.<br />For question 3b, count the levels situated above the ground, under the principal structure: cellars, basements, etc. The answer to this question is generally 0 or 1, or, 2 in exceptional cases.<br />The basement must never be counted in the answers to questions 3a or 3b.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of floors in the dwelling's building.
Universe
France 1968: Private ordinary dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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