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1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1991
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BWA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • BWA1991_PHC-H-H.dat
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Land for grazing or planting was obtained by freehold (BW1991A_FREEHOLD)

Data file: BWA1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 160
End: 160
Width: 1
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">(Questions 1-5, ask for all and circle only if "yes")</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Agriculture and land acquisition</span></p>

<p>3. How was the land for grazing and/or planting obtained?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Land board <br />[] 2 Tribal/communal<br />[] 4 Inheritance <br />[] 8 Freehold <br />[] 16 Lease/TGLP <br />[] 32 Syndicate <br />[] 64 Employer/relatives, etc. <br />[] 128 Self allocated</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
0 No
8 Unknown
9 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 E3: Land Acquisition</span></p>

<p>How was the land for grazing and/or planting obtained?</p>

<p>If a member of the household (excluding visitors) owns any livestock or planted anything, then ask how the land for grazing and/or planting was obtained, Circle the appropriate answer code(s):</p>
<div class="i1">l Landboard<br />2 Tribal/Communal<br />4 Inheritance<br />8 Freehold (land held in absolute ownership)<br />16 Lease/TGLP (land held in ownership for a specified period of time)<br />32 Syndicate<br />64 Employer/Relatives etc.,<br />128 Self-Allocation</div><p>If none of the above applies enter 0, but not in the shaded area,</p>

<p>In the sample questionnaire in paragraph 133, the household inherited the land used for planting and the land used for grazing was communal, therefore both 2 and 4 are circled.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the land for grazing or planting was obtained by freehold.
Universe
Botswana 1991: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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