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2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 2000
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Reference ID
TTO_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Aug 01, 2025
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Type of building (TT2000A_BLDTYPE)

Data file: TTO2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 166
End: 166
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 14. Housing and household items - Head of household</span></p>

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

<p>47. Type of building</p>
<div class="i1">What category of the type of buildings listed applies to the building your household occupies?<br /><br />[] 1. Residential<br />[] 2. Residential / commercial<br />[] 3. Residential / professional (office)<br />[] 4. Commercial<br />[] 5. Industrial<br />[] 6. Community service - Private/Government<br />[] 7. Other<br />[] 9. Not stated</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Residential
2 Residential and commercial
3 Residential and proffesional (office)
6 Community service, private or government
7 Other
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">Characteristics of occupied building</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 47 - Type of building</span></p>

<p>You are required to checkmark 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.</p>

<p>There are six categories:-</p>
<div class="i1">1. Residential<br />2. Residential and commercial<br /><span class="pg">[p.65]</span><br /><br />3. Residential and professional<br />4. Commercial <br />5. Industrial<br />6. Community service - private / government<br />7. Other<br />9. Not stated</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of building where the dwelling is located.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 2000: Households that completed the interview [discrepancies: none]

concept

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