XV National Population and IV Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1985 - 1986

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Reference ID

COL_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Apr 21, 2011

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Number of married couples in household (NCOUPLES)

Data file: COL1985_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 173

End: 173

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0	No married couples in household
1	1 couple
2	2 couples
3	3 couples
4	4 couples
5	5 couples
6	6 couples
7	7 couples
8	8 couples
9	9 or more couples

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

NCOUPLES is a constructed variable indicating the number of married/in-union couples within a household.

NCOUPLES is constructed using the IPUMS-International pointer variable SPLOC (spouse's location in the household).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Constructed Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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