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Census of Canada 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1971
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CAN_1971_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Canada, Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Group quarters (collective dwelling) status (GQ)

Data file: CAN1971-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 41
End: 42
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 Vacant
10 Households
20 Group quarters, n.s.
21 Institutions
22 Other group quarters
29 1-person unit created by splitting large household
99 Unknown/group quarters not identified
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.

Description

Definition
GQ identifies households as vacant dwellings, group quarters, or private households. Group quarters -- collective dwellings -- are generally institutions and other group living arrangements such as rooming houses and boarding schools.

Institutions often retain persons under formal supervision or custody, such as correctional institutions, military barracks, asylums, or nursing homes. Educational and religious group dwellings (e.g., boarding schools, convents, monasteries, etc.) are also included in the institutional classification.

Group quarter designations are often useful for understanding the universe of households that answered questions about household characteristics. Censuses will often exclude group quarters from such questions.

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