XIV National Population and III Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Colombia, 1973
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Reference ID
COL_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
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- COL1973_PHC-H-H.dat
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Dwelling type (CO1973A_DWTYPE)
Data file: COL1973_PHC-H-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
183
End:
183
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CO73A012"><span class="em">1. Type of dwelling</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Independent house<br />[] 2 Apartment<br />[] 3 Room(s)<br />[] 4 Tenant quarters<br />[] 5 Dwelling made out of waste materials<br />[] 6 Structure not meant for habitation<br />[] 7 Shack, hut, cabin<br />[] 8 Tent, cave<br />[] 9 Dwelling under construction</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | Separate house |
| 1 | Apartment |
| 2 | Room(s) |
| 3 | Tenant quarters |
| 4 | Surplus housing/Shelter for homeless |
| 5 | Structure not meant for habitation |
| 6 | Camp, cottage, hut, shanty |
| 7 | Tent, cave, den, cellar |
| 8 | Place under contruction |
| 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
<svar a="all" v="CO73A012"><span class="em">Question No. 1 Type of dwelling</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[P. 22]</span><br /><br />1. Mark "x" in the box corresponding to the type of dwelling visited.<br /><br />2. Do not forget that types of dwelling of question No. 1 are exclusive and therefore you cannot mark more than a single box.<br /><br />3. Take into account the following definitions:<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Independent house</span> is a dwelling that is separated from other buildings by walls that go from the floor to the roof, built with materials in good state, has an independent entrance and generally is inhabited by a household. It can be located in continuous urbanizations or separated from other buildings by gardens, meadows, lots with walls, or fences.<br /><br /><span class="em">Apartment</span> is a dwelling that forms part of a large building and is separated from other dwellings by walls; has independent access and some exclusive facilities.<br /><br /><span class="em">Room or rooms</span>, is a closed and separated space, with walls from the floor to the roof and with a door that is independent from the rest of the construction. The do not have exclusive facilities, but they do have an independent entrance for its inhabitants.<br /><br />Examples of this category are local store without facilities, a garage adapted for living.<br /><br /><span class="em">Tenant quarters</span> is a building adapted or transferred for lodging many households that share facilities.<br /><br />Each household lives, generally, in one or two rooms. The facilities are not exclusive and in the majority of cases they are located in the patio, site and corridors. The kitchen can be shared, or not exist.<br /><br /><span class="em">Dwelling made out of waste materials</span> is every form of lodging constructed with waste materials; cardboard, cloth, planks, tin, or with second hand materials or in a bad state of demolition.<br /><br /><span class="em">Dwellings in buildings not meant for habitation</span>. In this definition buildings that have not been built for lodging persons, but that at the moment of the Census have been found inhabited are included, such as factories, offices, stores, laboratories, granaries, stores, workshops, etc.<br /><br /><span class="em">Shack, hut or cabin</span>. They are buildings characteristic of the rural area; built with natural materials of the region: bamboo (<span class="lang">guadua</span>), cane with earth (<span class="lang">bahareque</span>), pressed mud or adobe; with roofs of palm or straw and generally with earthen floors. This class of dwellings can have facilities outside of the principal construction, or lack them.<br /><br /><span class="em">Tent, cave</span>. They are improvised and not permanent dwellings. All dwellings formed by camping tents, gypsy tents and lodgings within rocks or hills are entered in this definition, that lodge persons on the day of the Census.<br /><br /><span class="em">Dwelling under construction</span>. It is a dwelling not completely finished, that is inhabited or not.</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the type of dwelling.
Universe
Colombia 1973: All households
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Group Quarters Variables -- HOUSEHOLD | IPUMS |