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1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1991
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Reference ID
BWA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Watermelon planted during the last agricultural season (BW1991A_PLNWTRMLN)

Data file: BWA1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 154
End: 154
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>2. During the last agricultural season, did any member of this household plant...?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Maize <br />[] 2 Millet <br />[] 4 Sorghum <br />[] 8 Beans <br />[] Other (specify) ____</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">Columns E2: Planting of Crops</span></p>

<p>During the last agricultural season, did any member of this household plant:</p>
<div class="i1">1 Maize<br />2 Millet<br />3 Sorghum<br />4 Beans</div><p>Circle the appropriate answer code(s), if during the past agricultural season any member of the household 'planted any of the above, Write down the name(s) of any other crop(s) planted but not listed (e.g. watermelon, sweet reeds), If they planted nothing at all, write 0 in the space below the codes, but not in the shaded area.</p>

<p>In the sample questionnaire in paragraph 133, Anne planted melons, the word "melons" is written beneath the category "Other (specify) ".

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether any household member planted watermelons during the last agricultural season.
Universe
Botswana 1991: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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