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2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2015
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Reference ID
SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Current repair needs of dwelling unit (SL2015A_DWREPAIR)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 208
End: 208
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions H01, H06, and H07 were asked of all people. The rest of the questions in section III were recorded only for respondent's whose indicated type of residence was occupied housing units in question I15]</p>

<p>H03. What are the current repair needs of the dwelling unit?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1. No repairs<br />[] 2. Minor repairs<br />[] 3. Major repairs/rehabilitation<br />[] 4. Reconstruction</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 No repairs
2 Minor repairs
3 Major repairs or rehabilitation
4 Reconstruction
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="h3"> Section 3: Housing facilities </span></p>

<p>186. Columns H01 to H19 relate to specific questions concerning the household. They are questions that relate to the household as a whole and not to individual members.</p>

<p><span class="em">H03 -- Current repair needs of dwelling unit</span>
<br />187. If one household occupies the whole structure, it is one dwelling unit. Recording the status of the dwelling structure can be done by observation but you must rely on the response of the household head. Note that only one option is allowed. Use the drawings in Annex as a guide.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the current repair needs of the dwelling unit.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Occupied private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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