1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Botswana, 1991
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Reference ID
BWA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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- BWA1991_PHC-H-H.dat
- BWA1991_PHC-P-H.dat
Type of housing unit (BW1991A_DWTYPE)
Data file: BWA1991_PHC-H-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
190
End:
191
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h2">Section E</span>
<br /><span class="em">[Housing]</span></p>
<p><span class="em">(Circle response)</span></p>
<p>6. Type of housing unit</p>
<div class="i1">[] 01 Detached house <br />[] 02 Lolwapa <br />[] 03 Semi-detached <br />[] 04 Town house/terraced <br />[] 05 Flat <br />[] 06 Servants quarter <br />[] 07 Part of commercial <br />[] 08 Shack <br />[] 09 Movable <br />[] 10 Rooms</div>
<br /><span class="em">[Housing]</span></p>
<p><span class="em">(Circle response)</span></p>
<p>6. Type of housing unit</p>
<div class="i1">[] 01 Detached house <br />[] 02 Lolwapa <br />[] 03 Semi-detached <br />[] 04 Town house/terraced <br />[] 05 Flat <br />[] 06 Servants quarter <br />[] 07 Part of commercial <br />[] 08 Shack <br />[] 09 Movable <br />[] 10 Rooms</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Detached house |
| 02 | Lolwapa |
| 03 | Semi detached |
| 04 | Town house or terraced |
| 05 | Flat |
| 06 | Servants quarter |
| 08 | Shack |
| 09 | Movable |
| 10 | Rooms |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">Column E6: Type of Housing Unit</span></p>
<p>This question refers to the housing unit in which the household you are enumerating lives. You will probably be able to answer this yourself simply from observation.</p>
<p>There are different types of housing units, identified and listed below. Circle the appropriate code for the household you are enumerating:</p>
<div class="i1">1 Detached House: This is a building that stands on its own, without sharing a wall with any other building. In many cases a detached house will also be fenced. A traditional hut standing on its own is to be classified as a lolwapa.<br /><br />2 Lolwapa: A lolwapa is a residential place comprising one or more huts and/or other structures which are fenced together. Such malwapa are mostly found in rural areas.<br /><span class="pg">[p.49]</span><br />3 Semi-Detached House: This is a building that shares a wall with just one other building, but which has its own separate entrance. It may be one or two stories high.<br /><br />4 Town/Terraced House: This is a building, in a group of many others sharing walls on two sides; each building has its own entrance, and the building may be one, two or even three stories high. A "town house" does not mean a ''.house in town". Note that the last unit at-the end of a Town/Terraced House is not classified as Semi-Detached.<br /><br />5 Flat: This is a unit of accommodation in a building. The building itself will usually have a main entrance and each flat will also have its own separate entrance; the building is usually 2 or more stories high, but each flat forms part of just one story or floor.<br /><br />6 Servants' Quarter: This is a building that is specifically assigned for the use of domestic staff; the building may stand alone, it may be part of a garage or it may sometimes be connected to the main house by means of a covered corridor or common wall.<br /><br />7 Commercial Building: Sometimes part of a commercial building is used as residential quarters, particularly by small shopkeepers. Factory buildings may occasionally be used as housing units either by security personnel or staff of building contractors.<br /><br />8 Shack: This is a temporary shelter built of remnants of packing materials, e.g. cardboard boxes, polythene sheets, etc. Shacks are mostly found in urban areas.<br /><br />9 Movable: This is a housing unit which can be transported from place to place either as a unit or in component parts. Examples are tents, tin-huts, portacamps, caravans, etc.<br /><br />10 Room(s): In urban areas, particularly on SHHA plots and on low-cost plots, rooms in a building are sublet to tenants. Sometimes additional rooms are built on the plot for letting purposes.</div><p>In the sample questionnaire in paragraph 139, the Mulemba household lives in a lolwapa. Code 2 is circled.
<p>This question refers to the housing unit in which the household you are enumerating lives. You will probably be able to answer this yourself simply from observation.</p>
<p>There are different types of housing units, identified and listed below. Circle the appropriate code for the household you are enumerating:</p>
<div class="i1">1 Detached House: This is a building that stands on its own, without sharing a wall with any other building. In many cases a detached house will also be fenced. A traditional hut standing on its own is to be classified as a lolwapa.<br /><br />2 Lolwapa: A lolwapa is a residential place comprising one or more huts and/or other structures which are fenced together. Such malwapa are mostly found in rural areas.<br /><span class="pg">[p.49]</span><br />3 Semi-Detached House: This is a building that shares a wall with just one other building, but which has its own separate entrance. It may be one or two stories high.<br /><br />4 Town/Terraced House: This is a building, in a group of many others sharing walls on two sides; each building has its own entrance, and the building may be one, two or even three stories high. A "town house" does not mean a ''.house in town". Note that the last unit at-the end of a Town/Terraced House is not classified as Semi-Detached.<br /><br />5 Flat: This is a unit of accommodation in a building. The building itself will usually have a main entrance and each flat will also have its own separate entrance; the building is usually 2 or more stories high, but each flat forms part of just one story or floor.<br /><br />6 Servants' Quarter: This is a building that is specifically assigned for the use of domestic staff; the building may stand alone, it may be part of a garage or it may sometimes be connected to the main house by means of a covered corridor or common wall.<br /><br />7 Commercial Building: Sometimes part of a commercial building is used as residential quarters, particularly by small shopkeepers. Factory buildings may occasionally be used as housing units either by security personnel or staff of building contractors.<br /><br />8 Shack: This is a temporary shelter built of remnants of packing materials, e.g. cardboard boxes, polythene sheets, etc. Shacks are mostly found in urban areas.<br /><br />9 Movable: This is a housing unit which can be transported from place to place either as a unit or in component parts. Examples are tents, tin-huts, portacamps, caravans, etc.<br /><br />10 Room(s): In urban areas, particularly on SHHA plots and on low-cost plots, rooms in a building are sublet to tenants. Sometimes additional rooms are built on the plot for letting purposes.</div><p>In the sample questionnaire in paragraph 139, the Mulemba household lives in a lolwapa. Code 2 is circled.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the type of the housing unit.
Universe
Botswana 1991: Private households [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Group Quarters Variables -- HOUSEHOLD | IPUMS |