Census of Population and Housing 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 2010

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Reference ID

ZMB_2010_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Occupancy status (ZM2010A_0029)

Data file: ZMB2010-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 163

End: 163

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

H5. Type of occupancy

[] 1 Single household - [Go to] H7
[] 2 One household in several housing units - [Go to] H7
[] 3 Shared
[] 4 Vacant - End
[] 5 Non-contact - End
[] 6 Non-residential - End

Categories

Value	Category
1	Single household
2	One household in several housing units
3	Shared
4	Vacant
5	Non-contact
6	Non-residential

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

H - 5: Type of occupancy

Find out how many households are living in the housing unit and shade appropriately. If the answers given are from 1 or 2 then skip to H-7 and if it is 4 -6, end the interview.

Single Household

A Single Household means that only one household is occupying one housing unit.

One Household in Several Housing Units

This is when one household is occupying more than one housing unit.

Shared

This refers to a situation where you find more than one household occupying one housing unit, which is actually intended to house just one household. Shade the appropriate code indicating the number of households sharing the housing unit.

Vacant

A vacant housing unit is one which is not occupied by a household during the time of enumeration.

Non-contact

This where the housing is occupied but you cannot find anyone at home throughout your visits during the census period.

Non-residential

This is a building which is not used for habitation.

Note that if:

Either Single household or one household in several housing units is given as a response to H-5, Go to H-7.
Shared is given as a response to H-5, Go to H-6.
Vacant, non-contact or non-residential is given as a response to H-5, end the interview.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the dwelling's occupancy status.

Universe

All households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Technical Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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