1991 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1991

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Reference ID

CAN_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Canada, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Number of household maintainers (CA1991A_HHMN)

Data file: CAN1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 114

End: 114

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
1	1
2	2
3	3+
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="CA91A026"><span class="h3">H1. Household maintainer(s)</span><br /><div class="i1">If more than one household member contributes to living expenses such as rent or mortgage, taxes and electricity, enter the name of the person who usually pays the largest amount first. Then enter the name(s) of the other household members who make such payments. If two or more household members contribute equal amounts, list their names in the order in which they were listed in Step 5 of the census form.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of persons in the household who pay the rent, or the mortgage, or the taxes, or the electricity, etc., for the dwelling.

Universe

Canada 1991: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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