5th Sudan Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

South Sudan, 2008

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Reference ID

SSD_2008_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Southern Sudan Centre for Census, Evaluation and Statistics, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Type of dwelling (SS2008A_0036)

Data file: SSD2008-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 124

End: 125

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 11

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

33. What type of dwelling does this household live in?

[] 1 Tent
[] 2 Dwelling of straw mats
[] 3 Tukul / gottiya -- mud
[] 4 Tukul / gottiya -- sticks
[] 5 Flat or apartment
[] 6 Villa
[] 7 House of one floor -- mud
[] 8 House of one floor -- brick/concrete
[] 9 House constructed of wood
[] 10 Multi-storey house
[] 11 Incomplete

Categories

Value	Category
1	Tent
2	Dwelling of straw mats
3	Tukul /gottiya of mud
4	Tukul /gottiya of sticks
5	Flat or apartment
6	Villa
7	House of one floor, mud
8	House of one floor, brick/concrete
9	House constructed of wood
10	Multi-story house
11	Incomplete

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

Q33 "What type of dwelling does this household live in?" Ask question 33.

If the respondent is unsure of the type of response you are looking for, read the categories aloud.
Work with the respondent to try and classify their dwelling into one of the options provided in the questionnaire.
Shade the appropriate household code as reported by the respondent.
Remember that only one code should be shaded.

Study the different categories for type of dwelling. If you are unsure of any category, ask questions.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the physical type of dwelling used by the household.

Universe

All households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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