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2011 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Greece, 2011
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Reference ID
GRC_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Hellenic Statistical Authority, El.STAT., IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
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Jul 30, 2025
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  • GRC2011_PHC-H-H.dat
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Type of dwelling (GR2011A_DWTYPE2)

Data file: GRC2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 204
End: 204
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1. Type of dwelling.</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Conventional dwelling<br />[] 2 Mobile dwelling (tent, boat, yacht, caravan etc.)<br />[] 3 Other building intended for housing (hut, shed etc.) <br />[] 4 Other building not intended for housing (office, garage, stable, mill etc.)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Inhabited conventional dwelling
2 Inhabited non- conventional dwelling
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
<span class="em">Question 2 "Status of dwelling"</span>
<br /><span class="em"> Case 1 </span>(dwelling inhabited by permanent residents) will be recorded with X when the dwelling is<span class="em"> permanently </span>inhabited by a household.
<br />For vacant dwellings, X will be recorded in one of the cases 2-7 of question 2 (status of dwelling). <span class="em">A dwelling is considered vacant if it was uninhabited during the census taking because:</span><div class="i1">[] Is intended for renting (case 2),<br />[] Is intended for sale (case 3),<br />[] Is used as a secondary residence from time to time and it was uninhabited during the census taking (case 4),<br />[] Is used as vacation residence and it was uninhabited during the census taking (case 5),<br />[] Is intended for demolition (case 6),<br />[] Is vacant for any other reason (case 7), e.g. the owner migrated or relocated or it is new in the final stages of construction or under repair or the owner passed away and his heirs do not reside in it etc. If the answer is case 7 then the reason for vacancy should be recorded in full.</div><span class="em">In the case of vacant (for rent , sale etc.) regular dwellings, wherever possible, the enumerator should try to collect information from the neighbours for completing questions 3-12.</span> In cases 8, 9 and 10, an answer will be recorded with X where appropriate (vacation, secondary or other case) for non-permanently inhabited dwellings that the numerator found people in them during the census taking.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the dwelling is an inhabited conventional or inhabited non- conventional dwelling.
Universe
Greece 2011: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Group Quarters Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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