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Population and Housing Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2011
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BGD_2011_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Type of household (BD2011A_0033)

Data file: BGD2011-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 135
End: 135
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
4. Type of household

[] General
[] Institutional
[] Others





Q4. Type of household: if the housing unit is used for residential purposes only then put x inside the general box. If it is used for jailkhana, orphanage, hostel, hospital, clinic, or barrack, then put x inside institutional box and else put x inside others box.
Categories
Value Category
1 General
2 Institutional
3 Others
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
Question -4. Type of Household:
Households are three types: Dwelling household, Institutional household and Other household.

Dwelling Household: Household live mainly for dwelling purpose will be considered as Dwelling Household.
Institutional Household: Orphange, Hospital, Clinic, Hotel, Jail, Barack will be considered as Institutional Household. For patients in the hospital and clinics a list will be prepared with the help Hospital Authorities and necessary questionnaires will be filled out. But doctors, nurses and other employee those who reside out side will be enumerated in their respective households.
Other Household: Peolple living in the mess, shops and trading centres, offices combinedly form household will be considered as other household. Considering the above enter cross symbol in the appropriate box

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of household.
Universe
Permanent households

concept

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