1987 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1987

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Reference ID

MWI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Number of rooms, third dwelling (MW1987A_ROOMS3)

Data file: MWI1987_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 170

End: 171

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="MW87A032 MW87A048 MW87A064 MW87A080">Number of rooms (exclude bathroom, toilet, storeroom and garage) _ _<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
01	1
02	2
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9+
98	Unknown
99	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.

Description

Definition

This variable records the number of rooms in the third dwelling.

Universe

Malawi 1987: Private households with a third dwelling [discrepancies: none]

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