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1985 Intercensus Population Survey - IPUMS Subset

Indonesia, 1985
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IDN_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Average monthly expenditure (thousands of Rp) (ID1985A_AVGMEXP)

Data file: IDN1985_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 200
End: 203
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Province codes for questions 7 and 10 in block VII.A. and question 1 in code VII.B.1 are not presented here]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ID85A025">Q.4. How much are [the household's] average expenses in a month?<br /><div class="i1">____ Rp (in thousands)</div><br /></svar>
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="ID85A025">Question 4: What is the average monthly expenditure of your household?<br />Fill in the amount in Rupiah in the space provided, and then transfer the amount to the boxes by writing the amount in thousands of Rupiah after rounding up.<br /><br /><span class="ital">Explanation:</span><br />Expenditures for household consumption are divided into two types: Expenditures for food and expenditures for non-food items, regardless of the source. Expenditure for food consumption is calculated for the past month. Expenditure for non-food items is calculated for the past year, and then the monthly average of the non-food expenditure is calculated by dividing the expenditure for the year by 12.<br /><br />The average monthly expenditure of the household that is entered in Q.4 is the expenditure for food for the past month added to the average monthly non-food expenditure.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the average household monthly expenditure for food and non-food items, in thousands of Indonesian Rupiah (Rp). Expenditure for food was calculated for the past month and for non-food items by dividing the expenditure in the past year by 12.
Universe
Indonesia 1985: All households

concept

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

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
This is a 4-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places
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