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Fourth General Census of Population and Housing 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 2009
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MLI_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of the Census, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Mobile dwelling (ML2009A_REGTYP)

Data file: MLI2009_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

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

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Circle the code that applies or record the appropriate code in the space provided. If there is a plot occupied by a single household, use the characteristics of the main building (without including the number of rooms)</p>

<p><span class="em">H1) Type</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Fixed<br />[] 2 Mobile</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Fixed
2 Mobile
9 Unknown
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
<span class="em"> Housing: </span> This is the unit used for the surveying of the housing. The accommodation is a housing unit (set of constructions) intended for a household. The following types of housing are distinguished.</p>
<div class="i1">Fixed housing: This is a room or set of rooms located in a permanent building, meaning one that can remain in place for quite a long time (ranging from 1 to more than 10 years, for example). This category includes: permanent houses (cement walls or concrete) such as villas, apartment buildings, other buildings of this type etc ..., semi-hard houses (walls of mud or baked bricks, plastered cement) and houses of mud or straw, round huts.<br />Mobile housing: This type refers to an installation for residential use, built so that it can be transported or made of a mobile unit that is used as a dwelling at the time of the survey. This category includes: nomadic tents, railroad cars, boats, canoes and fishing vessels, etc. These houses will be taken into account if they are occupied at the time of the census.</div><span class="em"> 6.2.6.1 Type of housing (Column H1) </span>
<br />The aim is to collect information on the type of dwelling occupied by the household. If the dwelling in question is a "fixed" dwelling, circle "1." If the dwelling is a "mobile" dwelling, circle "2." This question is asked for every household. To distinguish a "set" dwelling from a "mobile" dwelling, refer to the section on definitions and concepts.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the dwelling is fixed or mobile.
Universe
Mali 2009: All households

concept

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