Census of Population, Housing and Agriculture 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 1990

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Reference ID

ZMB_1990_CPHA_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

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Central Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Agricultural Censuses

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Number of living rooms in housing unit (ZM1990A_0058)

Data file: ZMB1990-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 164

End: 164

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

H-6 How many living rooms and bedrooms does this housing unit have?

Living Rooms ____
Bedrooms ____

Categories

Value	Category
0	0
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	Unknown
9	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

H - 6: How many livingrooms and bedrooms does this housing unit have?

15. A room is defined as a space in a housing unit enclosed by walls reaching from the floor to the ceiling or roof covering at least to a height of two metres, of a size large enough to fit a bed for an adult. A hut meeting these two qualifications will also be treated as a room. Normally, bedrooms and living rooms will be included in this definition. Passage ways, verandahs, lobbies, kitchens, bathrooms and toilet rooms are

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not counted as rooms even if they meet the criteria. A garage and a store meeting these requirements should be treated as rooms only if these are actually being used for living purposes at the time of enumeration. Enter the number of rooms in the box provided for this.

16. Find out the number of livingrooms and bedrooms in the housing unit and enter them in the respective boxes provided.
Note: Study and drawing rooms, living or family rooms, play rooms, etc. are to be considered as 'rooms' if they meet the above criteria.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of living rooms in the housing unit.

Universe

Occupied residential households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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