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1990 Population census - IPUMS Subset

Hungary, 1990
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HUN_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Hungarian Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Level of comfort (HU1990A_COMFORT)

Data file: HUN1990_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 123
End: 123
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
4. The water supply of the dwelling</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Piped water from water works in the dwelling<br />[] 2 Piped water from the well in the court-yard is in the dwelling<br />[] 3 Piped water from water works is only in the court-yard<br />[] 4 You use the water of the well in the court-yard<br />[] 5 From another place (e.g. from the well outside the plot, from a spring); specify ____</div><p>5. Is there hot running water in the dwelling?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 0 No<br />[] 1 Yes; from a long-distance pipe-line<br />[] 2 Yes; from a central boiler<br />[] 3 Yes; from a gas boiler<br />[] 4 Yes; from an electric boiler<br />[] 5 Yes; from a bathroom stove<br />[] In another way; specify it ____</div><p>6. Is there a flush toilet?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 0 No<br />[] 1 Yes, inside the dwelling<br />[] 2 Yes, but outside the dwelling</div><p>7. Is there a sewage disposal from the dwelling?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 0 No<br />[] 1 Yes; in a public sewer<br />[] 2 Yes; through a house sewer into a closed sewage reservoir<br />[] 3 Yes; into desiccators (cesspool)<br />[] 4 Yes; to another place</div><p>8. Do you use gas in the dwelling?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 0 No<br />[] 1 Yes; piped gas<br />[] 2 Yes; bottle (propane-butane) gas</div><p>9. How do you heat the dwelling?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 District (block) heating, with thermal water<br />[] 2 With individual central boiler heating several dwellings<br />[] 3 Central heating (separate central heating for one flat) for one dwelling or family house<br />[] 4 Premises heating (with gas convector, stove, oil-stove, water-heating stove, oil- radiator, heat-radiator etc.)<br />[] 0 There is no possibility for heating</div><svar v="HU90A053">15 Is there a telephone in the dwelling?<br /><div class="i1">[] 0 No<br />[] 1 Yes</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="HU90A053">19. Do you find satisfactory the present housing conditions of the family?<br /><div class="i1">Maximum [of] three replies may be underlined [indicated].<br /><br />[] 0 Yes<br />[] 1 No, because it has few rooms or its floor-space is small<br />[] 2 No, because the floor-space is large<br />[] 3 No, because it is badly designed<br />[] 4 No, because its comfort is not satisfactory<br />[] 5 No, because the costs of its maintenance are high<br />[] 6 No, because the environment of the dwelling is noisy<br />[] 7 No, because the air of the environment is vitiated<br />[] 8 No, because the environment of the dwelling is not satisfactory in another respect<br />[] 9 No, because you have no separate dwelling</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="HU90A423 HU90A053">Questions 18 and 19 should be answered by the first and -- if any -- the second family living in the dwelling.<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 With all modern conveniences (full comfort)
2 With comforts
3 With half-comfort
4 Without comfort
5 Emergency accommodation
6 Other accommodation
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the dwelling's level of comfort.
Universe
Hungary 1990: Non-collective dwellings and not occupied other housing units [discrepencies: none]

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