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The 1980 Population and Housing Census of Thailand - IPUMS Subset

Thailand, 1980
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THA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Rent per month (TH1980A_RENT)

Data file: THA1980_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 149
End: 149
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Part 3. Housing Questions (For Private Household)</span></p>

<p>[Questions H1-H18 were asked of private households.]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TH80A043">H4. Tenure of household living quarter (excluding land)<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Owner<br />[] 2 Buy on installment<br />[] 3 Rent<br />[] 4 Rent free for service<br />[] 5 Rent free others</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TH80A044">H5. (If rent in No. H4) Advanced payment<br /><div class="i1">[Question H5 was asked of those who rent, per question H4.]<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TH80A045">H6. Rent per month (<span class="lang">Baht</span>) ____<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Less than100 baht
2 100 -249 baht
3 250 -499 baht
4 500 -749 baht
5 750 -999 baht
6 1,000 -1,499 baht
7 1,500 -2,999 baht
8 3,000 baht and above
9 Unknown
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
<span class="h3">3.34 Rental Fee:</span></p>

<p>Amount of money in which the renter buys the right in rental a building or construction structure. The rental period is specified in a given time that can be 10, 15, or 20 years. This rental fee is not included in the monthly rent.</p>

<p><span class="em">Section 3 Questions on Housing </span>
<br />(Ask only private household)</p>

<p>Questions on housing are concerned with living places of every private household in municipal area. For those outside municipal area and Bangkok, ask only the sample households.</p>

<p><span class="em">Guideline for questioning and recording</span><div class="i1">1. Ask conditions of living place by household not by person.<br />2. If a household living in many houses in the same area, consider the house where head of the household lives.<br />3. If several households living in the same house, consider conditions of the living place of the main household, other households or conditions of living are regarded as rooms in the house.<br />4. In recording answer, circle one code number only. If answer is "others," specify and record the answer clearly.<br />5. The question that has no answer code, record statement or number in the blank on the dot line.</div><span class="em">H 4. Possession of living place of the household (excluding land) </span></p>

<p>Ask "What is the possession status of the person in this household?", then circle a code corresponding to the answer only.</p>
<div class="i1">1. Owner <br />2. Hire purchaser <br />3. Rent <br />4. Live without paying rent as it is part of salary/wages <br />5. Owner allows to stay without paying rent</div><span class="em">H 6. Rental fee</span></p>

<p>Ask only the households circled code "3" that is "Rent" in (H 4).</p>

<p>Ask "How much for the rent?"
<br />Record the rent per month in the blank ____.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the rent in Baht per month for the dwelling.
Universe
Thailand 1980: Private households paying cash rent for living quarter [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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