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IIIème Recensement Général de la Population et de l’Habitat 16-30 août 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2002
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RWA_2002_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère des Finances et de la Planification Economique, Commission Nationale du Recensement, Minnesota Population Center
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Type of dwelling unit / type of building (RW2002A_0056)

Data file: RWA2002-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 139
End: 139
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
H02. Type of dwelling unit

[] 1. Dwelling unit inhabited by a single household
[] 2. Dwelling unit with several households
[] 3. Building with several floors, inhabited by one or several households
[] 4. Compound of several dwelling units, inhabited by several households
[] 5. Other type of dwelling
Categories
Value Category
1 Dwelling unit inhabited by a single household
2 Dwelling unit inhabited by several households
3 Building with several floors, inhabited by one or several households
4 Compound of several dwelling units, inhabited by several households
5 Other type of dwelling / building
8 Unknown
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.
Interviewer instructions
Question H02: Type of dwelling unit

Here, one will pay attention to distinguish the type of dwelling unit presented according to the following five categories:

Dwelling unit inhabited by one household;
Dwelling unit inhabited by several households;
Apartment building, with several floors, inhabited by one or several households;
Several household living on the same plot of lang (Urupangu);
Other category or possibility.

In the present case, "dwelling unit" is synonymous to "housing building". The census enumerator must pay a particular attention to the type of dwelling unit, especially in urban or urban-like areas.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of dwelling unit.
Universe
Private households

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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