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National Institute of Statistics - IPUMS Subset 2006

Uruguay, 2006
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URY_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.6_A_IPUMS
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Resident population in private housing, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • URY2006_PHC-H-H.dat

Amount of remittances received (UY2006A_AMTREMIT)

Data file: URY2006_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 343
End: 349
Width: 7
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">H. Household income</span></p>

<p>To be answered by the household head after finishing the survey with all the household members.</p>

<p><svar a="all" v=" UY06A150 UY06A151 UY06A152 UY06A153 UY06A154">165. Did any member of this household receive money or any monetary compensation from a relative living abroad in the last twelve months?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">(If answered "Yes") How much? _ _ _ _ _ _</div><br /></svar>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Household income</span></p>

<p>In this section the income that is difficult to exclusively impute for a member of the household appear, as for example the rent that a pair obtains from renting a dwelling of their property.</p>

<p>In general the questions investigate first if the person has some type of asset that generates income; if she responds "Yes", then how much income derived from this asset received the month before is asked.</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UY06A150 UY06A151"><span class="em">165. Did any member of this household receive in the last twelve months money or any monetary compensation from a relative living abroad? </span><br /><br />In the case in which the response is affirmative, you must indicate the amount of the economic help coming from the exterior.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the amount of remittances received by any household member in last year.
Universe
Uruguay 2006: Households receiving remittances [discrepancies: none]

concept

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

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
This is a 7-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places
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