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XIV National Population and III Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1973
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COL_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Ownership (CO1973A_OWNER)

Data file: COL1973_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 207
End: 207
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CO73A033"><span class="em">10. Occupancy</span><br /><br />What is the means of occupancy?<br /><div class="i1">By owner</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Totally paid<br />[] 2 Still paying on it</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Renting<br />[] 2 Subletting<br />[] 3 Occupied de facto (invader)<br />[] 4 Usufruct (is not owner and does not pay rent)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 By owner, totally paid
2 By owner, still paying on it
3 Renting
4 Subletting
5 Occupied de facto
6 Usufruct
8 Unknown, but not financed by 1 or 2
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="CO73A033"><span class="em">Question No. 10. Occupancy</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Read the question and the alternatives in their order and wait for the response of the person and mark "x" in the corresponding box. Take into account that the question makes reference to the Dwelling in which the interview is carried out.<br /><br />In case of doubt be guided by the following definitions<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Owner: totally paid</span>. It is the situation of a household in which any of its members is owner of the dwelling and has totally paid for its value.<br /><br /><span class="em">Owner: it is being paid for</span>. It is the situation of a household in which any of its members acquired the dwelling and is paying for it at the moment of the Census.<br /><br /><span class="em">Rented</span>: when the members of a household pay a periodic sum (weekly, monthly), only for the right of living in this dwelling.<br /><br /><span class="em">Sub-rented</span>: when members of a household have rented part of a dwelling or other household, that is rented at the same time.<br /><br /><span class="em">De facto occupant (invader, holder)</span>: when a household without having ownership over a lot builds a dwelling, owning only the construction or improvements, but not the land.<br /><br /><span class="em">Usufruct</span>. It is a situation of a census household, that with previous authorization of the owner of administrator, occupies a dwelling without being the owner of it, nor paying rent.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the means of occupancy: owning, renting, subletting, occupied de facto or usufruct.
Universe
Colombia 1973: All households

concept

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