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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
Producer(s)
Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • COL1973_PHC-H-H.dat
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Number of rooms (CO1973A_ROOMS)

Data file: COL1973_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 190
End: 191
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CO73A025"><span class="em">2. Rooms</span><br /><br />How many total rooms does this household have?<br /><div class="i1">(Do not include the kitchen or bathroom) __ __</div><br /></svar>
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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="CO73A025"><span class="em">Question No. 2. Rooms.</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Write down clearly the number of rooms (without including kitchen, bath or corridors) that only the household being enumerated uses.<br /><br />If in the dwelling rooms exists (living rooms, dining rooms, etc.) that are shared by more than one household, include them in the number of rooms that the principal household uses (this can be that of the owner, the one responsible for the dwelling, etc.) If there is no principal household, award it to the first census household interviewed.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the total number of rooms in the dwelling.
Universe
Colombia 1973: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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