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1990 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 1980
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Reference ID
TTO_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
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Type of building (TT1990A_BLDTYPE)

Data file: TTO1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 135
End: 135
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Characteristics of occupied building</span></p>

<p>34. What category of the type of buildings listed applies to the building your household occupies?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Mainly residential<br />[] 2 Residential and commercial<br />[] 3 Commercial<br />[] 4 Industrial<br />[] 5 Community service or Private/Government<br />[] 6 Other<br />[] 9 Not stated</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Mainly residential
2 Residential and commercial
3 Community service or government
4 Other
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="h3">Section 10 - Housing</span></p>

<p>Question 34 - Type of building </p>
<div class="i1">You are required to tick the particular type of building that is being enumerated. The function or purpose to which the building is put must be recorded and not the architectural style. There are six categories:-<br />[1] Mainly residential <br />[2] Residential and commercial <br />[3] Commercial <br />[4] Industrial <br />[5] Community service-private/government <br />[6] Other <br />Community service building refers to a building used primarily in the interest of the public and provides a service [e.g. hospital, community center, government building, sports club]. Your supervisor can assist you with any concepts not clear with respect to the above categories.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of building where is located the dwelling.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 1990: All households

concept

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