VI National Population and Housing Census, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981

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Reference ID

DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Monthly payment (DO1981A_RENT)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 226

End: 229

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

23. Ownership/Tenure</p>
<div class="i1">a) In what form of tenure does this household occupy the dwelling or part of the dwelling?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Owned, completely paid<br />[] 2 Owned, paying<br />[] 3 Rented<br />[] 4 Sub-rented<br />[] 5 Ceded<br />[] 9 Other form</div><div class="i1">b) If owned, paying, rented, or sub-rented, how much is paid monthly?</div><div class="i2">____ $RD</div>

Interviewer instructions

<span class="em">Question 23: Tenure</span><div class="i1">a) What is the form of tenure of the dwelling or part of the dwelling occupied by this household?<br /><br />The alternatives are read and the circle corresponding to the answer is filled in.<br /><br />If necessary, it can be explained to the enumerated person that a sublease is when a person who is already a renter rents to another person.<br /><br />Alternative 9, "Other form", can be when a house has been taken because it was abandoned or for another reason.</div><div class="i1">b) If the dwelling is owned-in payment, rented, or sublet; how much is the monthly payment?<br /><br />The amount of the monthly payment is recorded in RD$.</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the monthly payment a household makes for the dwelling it occupies.

Universe

Dominican Republic 1981: 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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