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Population and Housing Census 1984 - IPUMS Subset

Ethiopia, 1984
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ETH_1984_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Agency, Minnesota Population Center
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Type of housing unit (ET1984A_0035)

Data file: ETH1984-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 126
End: 127
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
42. What is the type of housing unit?

[] 1 Conventional
[] 2 Improvised
[] 3 Mobile
[] 4 Other (Specify) ____
Categories
Value Category
1 Conventional
2 Improvised
3 Mobile
4 Other
98 Unknown
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
a. Housing Unit

Housing unit is a structure with separate and independent access for the purpose of dwelling or for partly dwelling and partly establishment or else for establishment

Separate structure
A structure exclusively separated by wall, fence, etc. and covered with ceiling or roof from top in such a way that dwellers inside are not seen by people residing in the neighborhood when sleeping, preparing and eating their meals. However sometimes the wall of a structure may be made of stack, plastic, or cartoon, etc. and the roof may be covered with plastic and can serve as an establishment or a dwelling. When such structures are encounter they have to be considered as housing units from the standpoint of their purpose although they do not qualify the definition of housing unit.


Column 42: What is type of housing unit?

1 = Permanent
2 = Improvised
3 = Mobile
4 = Other /Specify/______________


Permanent house

A type of house including one that is built from stone, brick, cement or other building, materials available in the surrounding. For example villa, high rise, House from mud, etc. come under this category.

Improvised

This type of housing includes temporary shelters and also residential houses in the rural areas. This is made of woods erected up from ground, walls and roofs made from cartoons, iron sheet, etc. that may not last long but inhabited by people at the time of the census. For example a hut made from poles' and covered with leaves and branches can be considered as improvised housing unit if it is inhabited at the time of the census

Mobile
It is a housing unit made to move from one place to another and inhabited by people. For example house of nomads, tent, ship, boat, etc. are mobile houses if people live in them at the time of the census.

Other
A house, other than those described above is included in here. After indicating "Other" as type of house, its type is specified in words. For example, a graveyard.

According to the instruction given above the correct code will be circled and entered in card column 30

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of housing unit.
Universe
Urban households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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