Census of the Population of Ireland, 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2016

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Reference ID

IRL_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

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Jul 30, 2025

Last modified

Aug 01, 2025

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Number of rooms (IE2016A_ROOMS)

Data file: IRL2016_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 167

End: 168

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h1">Questions about your accommodation</span></p>

<p>H5. How many rooms do you have for use only by your household?</p>
<div class="i1">Do not count bathrooms, toilets, kitchenettes, utility rooms, consulting rooms, offices, shops, halls or landings, or rooms that can only be used for storage such as cupboards. Do count all other rooms such as kitchens, living rooms, bedrooms, conservatories you can sit in, and studies. If two rooms have been converted into one, count them as one room.<br /><br />Number of rooms _ _</div>

Value	Category
01	1
02	2
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9+
98	Unknown
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of rooms.

Universe

Ireland 2016: Private households [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II 4.1%]

concept

Concept

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