National Censuses: IX Population and IV Housing Peru 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 1993

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PER_1993_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Statistics and Computing, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Number of rooms (PE1993A_0041)

Data file: PER1993-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 150

End: 151

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

8. Not counting the bathroom, kitchen, or hallways, how many total rooms are there in the dwelling?

Write the answer in the box: ____

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
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 No. 8: Without counting the bathroom, kitchen or passageway, how many rooms are there in the dwelling in total?
Read the question. Wait for an answer. Record the response using digits in the corresponding box.
[There is a picture of question 8 in this section of the Enumeration Form.]
Take into account the following definition:
Room: Is a space located in a dwelling, enclosed by walls that go from the floor to the ceiling and that provide, at least, enough surface area to fit an adult-sized bed.
Therefore, bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, living-dining rooms, studies, servants' quarters, rooms used for professional or commercial purposes, etc. are rooms, as long as they conform to the aforementioned criteria.
The attic, if it conforms to this definition and is at least two meters tall, is considered a room.
If the dwelling has only one room that is used as a kitchen, dining room and bedroom at the same time, write the number 1 in the box.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of rooms in the dwelling.

Universe

Private, occupied dwellings with people present

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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