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Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2001
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ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Sharing one room (ZA2001A_SHARERM)

Data file: ZAF2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 206
End: 206
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="ZA01A023">H-24a. Sharing 1 room<br /><div class="i1">If one room only: Are there two or more households sharing a single room? Dot the appropriate box.<br />[] Y = Yes<br />[] N = No</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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
<svar a="all" v="ZA01A023"><span class="em">Question H-24a -- Sharing 1 room</span><br />Ask this question if the answer to Question H-24 was "1 room". If more than one room skip H-24a and go to H-25.<br /><br /><span class="em">"Are there two or more households sharing a single room?"</span><br /><br />Here we get further details of overcrowding if households have indicated in the previous question that they only have one room. Dot "Y" or "N".<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether there are two or more households sharing a single room.
Universe
South Africa 2001: Private households with one room [discrepancies: none]

concept

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