Swiss Federal Population Census of 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 1970

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Reference ID

CHE_1970_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Federal Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Number of connected rooms (CH1970A_0107)

Data file: CHE1970-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 141

End: 142

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

4. Number of rooms in dwelling (including those rented out):

a) Rooms (living-, working-, bed-rooms, without kitchen, bath, hall, veranda): ____

b) Hall-cum-living-room: ____

c) Other rooms belonging to dwelling (attic rooms, rooms in basement or neighboring houses): ____

d) Rooms rented additionally: ____

e) Number of rooms in a) to d) rented out:

(1) To lodgers: ____
(2) To other persons, businesses: ____

[Notes to question 4]
a) Half sized rooms are to be counted as such.
b) Hall-cum-living-rooms are finished dining or work spaces in halls which receive sunlight through a window.

Categories

Value	Category
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17+
99	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:
Rooms in dwellings are all rooms which can be occupied, regardless of whether they are used as living, bed or office rooms. Thus included are also rooms used partially or fully for commercial purposes such as offices for tailors, physicians etc as long as they are contained within the dwelling. Not counted as rooms are kitchens, baths, toilets, hallways, verandas, balconies, basement storage rooms, storage rooms, workshops.

Description

Definition

This variable identifies the number of connected rooms in each dwelling that is not an emergency shelter, a collective dwelling, or an institution.

Universe

Private households except emergency shelters

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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