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15th General Population and Housing Census
IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Italy, 2011
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ITA_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Household classification (HHTYPE)

Data file: ITA2011_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 126
End: 127
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
00 Vacant household
01 One-person household
02 Married/cohab couple, no children
03 Married/cohab couple with children
04 Single-parent family
05 Polygamous family
06 Extended family, relatives only
07 Composite household, family and non-relatives
08 Non-family household
09 Unclassified subfamily
10 Other relative or non-relative household
11 Group quarters
99 Unclassifiable
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
HHTYPE is a constructed variable that describes the composition of households.
HHTYPE is constructed from information in RELATE (relationship to head), from the constructed pointer variables SPLOC, MOMLOC, and POPLOC (location of spouse, mother, and father), and from information on group quarters status, GQ.

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