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      class Gqtype : public Editor {

public:
  Gqtype(VarPointer varInfo) : Editor(varInfo) {}
  void edit() {

    long a = getRecoded();
    if (countPeople() < 1) {
      a = 999;
    } else {
      switch (dataSet) {
      case dataset_id::ar1991a: {
        if (AR1991A_0046(0) == 99 && AR1991A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::bo1976a: {
        if (BO1976A_0029(0) <= 17 && BO1976A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::bo1992a: {
        if (BO1992A_0035(0) <= 6 && BO1992A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::bo2001a: {
        if (BO2001A_0045(0) <= 15 && BO2001A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::br2010a: {
        if (BR2010A_0034(0) <= 53 && BR2010A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::cm2005a: {
        if (CM2005A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::cl1982a: {
        if (CL1982A_0057(0) <= 8 && CL1982A_0067(0) == 1)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::cl1992a: {
        if (CL1992A_0034(0) <= 7 && CL1992A_0072(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::cl2002a: {
        if (CL2002A_0026(0) <= 8 && CL2002A_0081(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::cr2000a: {
        if (CR2000A_0025(0) <= 4 && CR2000A_0076(0) == 1)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::cr2011a: {
        if (CR2011A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::cu2002a: {
        if (CU2002A_0024(0) == 1 && CU2002A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::do2002a: {
        if (DO2002A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::do2010a: {
        if (DO2010A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::ec1974a: {
        if (EC1974A_0017(0) <= 8 && EC1974A_0043(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::ec1982a: {
        if (EC1982A_0016(0) <= 9 && EC1982A_0043(0) == 1)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::ec1990a: {
        if (EC1990A_0040(0) <= 8 && EC1990A_0059(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::ec2001a: {
        if (EC2001A_0044(0) <= 8 && EC2001A_0017(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::ec2010a: {
        if (EC2010A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::eg2006a: {
        if (EG2006A_0032(0) == 99 && EG2006A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::es2001a: {
        if (ES2001A_0028(0) == 99 && ES2001A_0017(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::et1984a: {
        if (ET1984A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::et1994a: {
        if (ET1994A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::et2007a: {
        if (ET2007A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::fj1986a: {
        if (FJ1986A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::fj1996a: {
        if (FJ1996A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::fj2007a: {
        if (FJ2007A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::fj2014a: {
        if (FJ2014A_0030() >= 1 && FJ2014A_0030() <= 6 && FJ2014A_0016() == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::fr2006a: {
        if (FR2006A_0029(0) == 0 && FR2006A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::gh1984a: {
        if (GH1984A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::gh2000a: {
        if (GH2000A_0036(0) == 1 && GH2000A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::gh2010a: {
        if (GH2010A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::gn1983a: {
        if (GN1983A_0047(0) == 1 &&
            (GN1983A_0016(0) == 2 || GN1983A_0021(0) > 0))
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::gt1994a: {
        if (GT1994A_0030() >= 1 && GT1994A_0030() <= 6 && GT1994A_0016() == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::hn1988a: {
        if (HN1988A_0016(0) == 2 && HN1988A_0031(0) <= 5)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::hn2001a: {
        if (HN2001A_0016(0) == 2 && HN2001A_0028(0) <= 7)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::ht1971a: {
        if (HT1971A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::il1972a: {
        if ((IL1972A_0034(0) == 1 || IL1972A_0034(0) == 4) &&
            IL1972A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::il1995a: {
        if (IL1995A_0401(1) == 1)
          a = 999;
        if (IL1995A_0401(1) == 2)
          a = 210;
        if (IL1995A_0401(1) == 3)
          a = 300;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::iq1997a: {
        if (IQ1997A_0058(0) == 0 && IQ1997A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::it2011a: {
        if (IT2011A_0403(1) == 9)
          a = 110;
        if (IT2011A_0403(1) == 7 || IT2011A_0403(1) == 8)
          a = 120;
        if (IT2011A_0403(1) == 3)
          a = 121;
        if (IT2011A_0403(1) == 6)
          a = 130;
        if (IT2011A_0403(1) == 4)
          a = 131;
        if (IT2011A_0403(1) == 2)
          a = 132;
        if (IT2011A_0403(1) == 11)
          a = 150;
        if (IT2011A_0403(1) == 1)
          a = 160;
        if (IT2011A_0403(1) == 10)
          a = 170;
        if (IT2011A_0403(1) == 5)
          a = 210;
        if (IT2011A_0403(1) == 12)
          a = 300;
        if (IT2011A_0016(0) == 2 && IT2011A_0403(1) == 99)
          a = 399;
        if (IT2011A_0403(1) == 99)
          a = 999;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::jm1982a: {
        if (JM1982A_0073(0) == 0 && JM1982A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::jm2001a: {
        if (JM2001A_0101(0) == 0 && JM2001A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::kg1999a: {
        if (KG1999A_0045(0) <= 4 && KG1999A_0016(0) == 1)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::kh1998a: {
        if (KH1998A_0027(0) == 1 && KH1998A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::kh2008a: {
        if (KH2008A_0027(0) == 1 && KH2008A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::lr2008a: {
        if (LR2008A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::mn2000a: {
        if ((MN2000A_0032(0) <= 2 || MN2000A_0032(0) >= 5) &&
            MN2000A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::my1970a: {
        if (MY1970A_0051(0) <= 12 && MY1970A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::my1980a: {
        if (MY1980A_0072(0) <= 13 && MY1980A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::my1991a: {
        if (MY1991A_0033(0) <= 9 && MY1991A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::mw2008a: {
        if (MW2008A_0027(0) == 1 && MW2008A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::mz1997a: {
        if (MZ1997A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::mz2007a: {
        if (MZ2007A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::ni1995a: {
        if (NI1995A_0027(0) <= 7 && NI1995A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::ni2005a: {
        if (NI2005A_0029(0) <= 7 && NI2005A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::pa1960a: {
        if (PA1960A_0038(0) == 99 && PA1960A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::pa1990a: {
        if (PA1990A_0080(0) <= 5 && PA1990A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::pa2000a: {
        if (PA2000A_0040(0) <= 31 && PA2000A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::pa2010a: {
        if (PA2010A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::pe1993a: {
        if ((PE1993A_0047(0) <= 8 || PE1993A_0047(0) == 16) &&
            PE1993A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::pe2007a: {
        if (PE2007A_0036(0) <= 8 && PE2007A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::ph1995a: {
        if (PH1995A_0035(0) == 10 && PH1995A_0018(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::py1972a: {
        if (PY1972A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::py1982a: {
        if (PY1982A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::py1992a: {
        if (PY1992A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::py2002a: {
        if (PY2002A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::rw1991a: {
        if (RW1991A_0039(0) != 0 && RW1991A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::rw2002a: {
        if (RW2002A_0037(0) == 100 && RW2002A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::sv1992a: {
        if (SV1992A_0036(0) <= 8 && SV1992A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::sv2007a: {
        if (SV2007A_0038(0) <= 9 && SV2007A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::tg2010a: {
        if (TG2010A_0044() == 1 && TG2010A_0016() == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::th1970a: {
        if (TH1970A_0040(0) == 1 && TH1970A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::th1980a: {
        if (TH1980A_0038(0) == 1 && TH1980A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::th1990a: {
        if (TH1990A_0042(0) <= 11 && TH1990A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::th2000a: {
        if (TH2000A_0027(0) == 1 && TH2000A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::ua2001a: {
        if (UA2001A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::ug2002a: {
        if (UG2002A_0124(0) == 1 && UG2002A_0017(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::uy1963a: {
        if (UY1963A_0042(0) <= 19 && UY1963A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::uy1975a: {
        if (UY1975A_0043(0) <= 25 && UY1975A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::uy1985a: {
        if (UY1985A_0038(0) == 0 && UY1985A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::uy1996a: {
        if (UY1996A_0027(0) <= 6 && UY1996A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::uy2011a: {
        if (UY2011A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::uy1963x: {
        if (UY1963X_0042(0) <= 19 && UY1963X_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::uy1975x: {
        if (UY1975X_0043(0) <= 25 && UY1975X_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::uy1985x: {
        if (UY1985X_0038(0) == 0 && UY1985X_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::uy1996x: {
        if (UY1996X_0027(0) <= 6 && UY1996X_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::uy2011x: {
        if (UY2011X_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::ve1990a: {
        if (VE1990A_0039(0) <= 8 && VE1990A_0065(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::ve2001a: {
        if (VE2001A_0038(0) <= 9 && VE2001A_0038(0) != 8 &&
            VE2001A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::za2001a: {
        if (ZA2001A_0020(0) <= 10 && ZA2001A_0073(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::zm1990a: {
        if (ZM1990A_0052(0) == 6 && ZM1990A_0033(0) >= 4)
          a = 299;
        if (ZM1990A_0052(0) == 7 && ZM1990A_0033(0) >= 4)
          a = 199;
        if (ZM1990A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::zm2000a: {
        if (ZM2000A_0039(0) == 8 && ZM2000A_0032(0) == 9)
          a = 300;
        if (ZM2000A_0016(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::bo2012a: {
        if (BO2012A_0034(0) >= 1 && BO2012A_0034(0) <= 5 &&
            BO2012A_0020(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::cu2012a: {
        if (CU2012A_0030(0) == 1 && CU2012A_0018(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::mu1990a: {
        if (MU1990A_0032(0) >= 1 && MU1990A_0032(0) <= 2 &&
            MU1990A_0017(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::mu2000a: {
        if (MU2000A_0034(0) >= 1 && MU2000A_0034(0) <= 2 &&
            MU2000A_0020(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
      case dataset_id::mu2011a: {
        if (MU2011A_0029(0) >= 1 && MU2011A_0029(0) <= 2 &&
            MU2011A_0020(0) == 2)
          a = 399;
      } break;
        if (GQ() >= 0 && GQ() <= 10)
          a = 999;
      }
    }

    setData(a);
  }
};

    

Description

GQTYPE identifies the type of group quarters -- collective dwellings -- which are broadly classified into institutional and non-institutional types.

Institutions are a place of residence where people are subject to a common authority or bound by a common objective or personal interest. The definition encompasses correctional facilities, health institutions, retirement homes, orphanages, shelters (social welfare institutions), military or police establishments, boarding schools, and religious group dwellings.

Non-institutional group quarters comprise refugee and workers' camps (temporary accommodation), hotels, pensions, and all types of boarding or lodging houses. The "floating population" is included as a category within the non-institutional group quarters, when identified by the corresponding sample. This group refers to outdoor sleepers, homeless persons, travelers, and persons in ships, boats, or other mobile dwellings.

A more general classification of households between private and group quarters is available in GQ.

Comparability — Index

GENERAL
Argentina
Armenia
Belarus
Bolivia
Cambodia
Cameroon
Chile
Costa Rica
Cuba
Côte d'Ivoire
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
Ethiopia
Fiji
France
Ghana
Honduras
Iraq
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Liberia
Malawi
Mauritius
Mongolia
Mozambique
Nicaragua
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Spain
Thailand
Togo
Uganda
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela

Comparability — General

The variable is not consistent across samples. The group quarter types available vary across countries. Some samples offer grouped categories for certain institutional or non-institutional group quarters. Grouped responses are classified according to the most common type within the category, or coded as "other", when a category is listing multiple collective household types.

The most frequently available categories in GQTYPE are correctional, educational, health, religious and social welfare institutions. Correctional institutions are generally comparable across samples. Health institutions may have varying levels of detail depending on the country; these could include mental health hospitals, hospices, or living quarters for persons with disabilities or chronic illnesses. Some samples combine educational or health institutions with religious institutions or orphanages. For further discussion, please refer to the country-specific comparability included below.

In the case of the homeless, many countries do not explicitly distinguish between a person living in a shelter (institution) or on the street (non-institutional). The homeless are classified as floating population (non-institutional) when there is no such distinction.

Some samples only differentiate between institutional or non-institutional group quarters, but not their specific types. These are generally not harmonized in GQTYPE, but the information is available in GQ.

Comparability — Argentina [top]

In 1991 and 2001, institutions include military bases, prisons, and homes for children and elderly. The category of "camps" refers to worker camps, according to the enumeration documents.

Comparability — Armenia [top]

Group quarters are identified in the 2011 sample, which distinguishes dormitories from institutions. Dormitories are classified as other group quarters, following the definition in the enumeration instructions.

Comparability — Belarus [top]

The 1999 sample distinguishes between some institutional and non-institutional group quarter types.

Comparability — Bolivia [top]

The 1976-2001 samples are generally consistent in their identification of institutions and other group quarters. Institutions comprise military installations and prisons in 1976-2001, while various other categories are available in specific samples. In 1992, "convent or boarding school" is classified as "other institutional". Both 1992 and 2001 include a category for "homeless" persons, which are considered as floating population. In 2012, it is only possible to distinguish the floating population (persons in transit or living on the street), while the remaining group quarter types are classified as "other".

Comparability — Cambodia [top]

The 1998 and 2008 samples distinguish between institutional households and the floating population. This latter group includes homeless households (those who do not live in a building or structure), transient population, and persons in boats.

Comparability — Cameroon [top]

In 2005, the category of orphanage, refugee camp, or hospice is considered as a "home for the elder or orphanage."

Comparability — Chile [top]

The 2002-2017 samples only distinguish between collective dwellings (classified as other group quarters) and transients (floating population). Additional categories are available in 1982 and 1992.

Comparability — Costa Rica [top]

The 1963 sample has more information about the group quarters type than the 2000 and 2011 samples. The specific collective types available across samples are not consistent.

Comparability — Cuba [top]

The 2002 and 2012 censuses only identify separately "work premises", classified in GQTYPE as a worker camp. The category of "collectivities" is interpreted as institutional group quarters, given that enumeration instructions define it as people living together and who are subject to a common authority or bound by a common objective or personal interest.

Comparability — Côte d'Ivoire [top]

In 1988 and 1998, enumeration instructions indicate that collective households include boarding schools and university residences, barracks, orphanages, hotels, prisons, temporary construction sites, hospitals and other health facilities (psychiatric hospitals), monasteries, convents, and other religious institutions. For both samples, the response option for boarding schools, university residences, orphanages, and centers for persons with disabilities is classified as "other institutional" since it includes different types of group quarters.

Comparability — Dominican Republic [top]

The group quarter types are consistent between 2002 and 2010, which include military quarters, prisons, religious institutions, boarding schools, and barracks. The category of "religious institution or boarding school" is classified into other institutional group quarters. "Rooms in a barracon" refer to temporary housing for persons who suffered from hurricanes, according to the enumeration instructions, so they are classified as a "shelter" (institutional group quarters.)

Comparability — Ecuador [top]

The 1962 sample is a sample of individuals, not households. Only "households" composed of a head have a known group quarters type.

Prisons are identified in all samples, except for 1974 and 1982, where they are seemingly included among "other group quarters".

Health institutions include those for mental health in 1962 and 1974, but enumeration instructions do not clarify whether these are counted in the corresponding category for 1982-2010.

The "convent or religious institutions" are consistently defined in 1974-2010, but this category includes boarding schools in 1962.

Comparability — Egypt [top]

In 2006, the category of "dormitory, university housing, or hostel" is interpreted as student housing.

Comparability — Ethiopia [top]

The 1984 and 1994 samples only identify some non-institutional group quarter types, while the 2007 sample also refers to institutional types. Information about group quarter type is only available for urban households in 1984. Nomadic groups are classified as "other group quarters" in 1994 and 2007.

Comparability — Fiji [top]

The 1986, 1996, 2007 and 2014 only distinguish hotels or lodging houses; this category is combined with "other" in 2014.

Comparability — France [top]

The 1990 sample has information about specific group quarter types, while the 2006 sample only distinguishes between those institutional and the floating population.

Comparability — Ghana [top]

In 1984, boarding schools, seminaries and convents, and orphanages are grouped into "other institutional." In the 2000-2010 samples, boarding schools or student housing include seminaries and convents.

Comparability — Honduras [top]

The group quarter categories available in 1961, 1988, and 2001 are largely comparable. The 1988 sample combines boarding schools and orphanages, which are classified under other institutional group quarters.

Comparability — Iraq [top]

In 1997, hostels for students are coded into boarding schools, while "residential units engaged with persons" are included with other group quarters.

Comparability — Israel [top]

Households in a kibbutzim are considered a worker camp or housing. The 1972, 1983, and 1995 include a general category identifying collective households, coded as "other group quarters."

Comparability — Italy [top]

For the 2011 sample, public and private care institutions refer to hospitals, nursing homes and similar group quarters, according to the enumeration instructions.

Comparability — Jamaica [top]

The 1982 sample provides more detail about group quarters types than 2001.

Comparability — Liberia [top]

In 2008, the "Bush society" is a type of schools for boys and girls, which is classified under boarding schools.

Comparability — Malawi [top]

In 2008, the category indicating "hospital, hotel, or lodge" is classified as a hotel even though it may include persons in an institutional setting.

Comparability — Mauritius [top]

The 1990, 2000, and 2011 samples identify institutions and hotels. The 2000 and 2011 samples also include "collective quarters" that are defined in the enumeration documents as worker camps.

Comparability — Mongolia [top]

In 1989 and 2000, public dormitories comprise accommodation for workers, soldiers, and other common groups of residents; so this category is classified into other institutional group quarters.

Comparability — Mozambique [top]

In the 1997 and 2007 samples, homeless persons are included in the floating population category, because census documents indicate that they are persons "enumerated in the streets or bridges."

Comparability — Nicaragua [top]

The 1971, 1995, and 2005 samples have varying availability of group quarter types. The 1971 sample only identifies hotels and other group quarters. The 1995 and 2005 samples include additional types; in these two samples, religious institutions include boarding schools.

Comparability — Panama [top]

The 1960, 2000, and 2010 samples differentiate between various types of institutional and non-institutional group quarters; the 1990 sample only identifies homeless (floating population) and other group quarters.

Comparability — Papua New Guinea [top]

In 2000 and 2011, dormitories are those used for schools and boarding schools, according to enumeration instructions.

Comparability — Paraguay [top]

In the 1972 and 1982 samples, the category of hospitals includes retirement homes. The 1992 and 2002 samples identify additional categories of group quarters with respect to 1972 and 1982.

Comparability — Philippines [top]

In 1995, welfare institutions are classified as "homes for the elder or orphanage"; enumeration documents define them as homes for the aged and infirm, orphanages, and similar group quarters. Religious institutions include boarding schools, while camps comprise both refugee and worker camps.

Comparability — Poland [top]

The 2002 sample defines dormitories as institutions related to work or to study, therefore they were classified into the worker camp category.

Comparability — Portugal [top]

The "social support" category in 2011 refers to an elderly institution or orphanage, according to census documentation.

Comparability — Puerto Rico [top]

The 1990, 2010, 2015, and 2020 samples just make a general distinction between institutional and non-institutional group quarters. The 1970, 1980, and 2000 samples distinguish between specific types of institutions and other group quarters.

Comparability — Rwanda [top]

In 2002, "youth camps" are classified as boarding schools, while "street children" are coded into the floating population.

Comparability — Sierra Leone [top]

In 2004, the floating population includes refugee camps.

Comparability — South Africa [top]

The 2001 census distinguishes between various types of group quarters, while the 2007 census identifies only worker's hostels (classified as worker camp).

Comparability — Spain [top]

The 2001 sample contains detailed information on the group quarters type. Boarding schools include military schools and religious seminaries.

Comparability — Thailand [top]

The 1970, 1980 and 1990 identify specific types of group quarters, while in 2000 it is only possible to distinguish between institutional and other group quarters.

The category of dormitory in 1970-1990 refers to "boarding pupils and also teachers who are staying in the boarding school, medical student dormitory, nursing student dormitory", so it is classified as boarding school.

For the 1970, 1980 and 1990 samples, the "welfare lodging" is a place where "people receive assistance in a foster home or shelter and the care-takers at that institution who do not live at a separate place". However, these are classified as "other institutional" group quarters, since the definition does not refer to a specific type.

Comparability — Togo [top]

The category of boarding schools in 2010 also includes orphanages.

Comparability — Uganda [top]

In 2002, orphanages include reformatories, which be considered in the correctional institutions by other samples.

Comparability — United States [top]

The 1990-2000 and 2010-2020 samples just make a general distinction between institutional and non-institutional group quarters. In 2015, other non-institutional group quarters also include unknown type.

Comparability — Uruguay [top]

The Uruguay samples are generally consistent over time except for some differences in availability of specific group quarter types. The 1963 and 1985-2011 samples have additional group quarter categories with respect to 1975, which only identifies hotels and other group quarters.

The hospitals include retirement homes in 1963, while these two categories are separately identified in 1985-2011. The category of "foster home" in 2011 refers to establishments for people in need of care but not requiring medical attention, so it is classified as a shelter.

Comparability — Venezuela [top]

In 2001, "refuge" refers to buildings that offer shelter for persons who abandon their dwellings due to natural phenomena, war, etc.; therefore, this category is coded as a (refugee) camp.

Universe

  • Collective households

Availability

  • Argentina: 1991, 2001
  • Armenia: 2011
  • Belarus: 1999
  • Bolivia: 1976, 1992, 2001, 2012
  • Brazil: 2010
  • Cambodia: 1998, 2008
  • Cameroon: 2005
  • Chile: 1982, 1992, 2002
  • Costa Rica: 1963, 2000, 2011
  • Cuba: 2002, 2012
  • Côte d'Ivoire: 1988, 1998
  • Dominican Republic: 2002, 2010
  • Ecuador: 1962, 1974, 1982, 1990, 2001, 2010
  • Egypt: 2006
  • El Salvador: 1992, 2007
  • Ethiopia: 1984, 1994, 2007
  • Fiji: 1986, 1996, 2007, 2014
  • France: 1990, 2006
  • Ghana: 1984, 2000, 2010
  • Guatemala: 1973, 1994
  • Guinea: 1983
  • Haiti: 1971
  • Honduras: 1961, 1988, 2001
  • Iraq: 1997
  • Israel: 1972, 1983, 1995
  • Italy: 2011
  • Jamaica: 1982, 2001
  • Kenya: 1999
  • Kyrgyzstan: 1999, 2009
  • Liberia: 2008
  • Malawi: 2008
  • Malaysia: 1970, 1980, 1991
  • Mauritius: 1990, 2000, 2011
  • Mongolia: 1989, 2000
  • Mozambique: 1997, 2007
  • Nicaragua: 1971, 1995, 2005
  • Panama: 1960, 1990, 2000, 2010
  • Papua New Guinea: 2000
  • Paraguay: 1972, 1982, 1992, 2002
  • Peru: 1993, 2007, 2017
  • Philippines: 1995
  • Poland: 2002
  • Portugal: 2011
  • Puerto Rico: 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2015, 2020
  • Rwanda: 1991, 2002
  • Sierra Leone: 2004, 2015
  • South Africa: 2001, 2007
  • Spain: 2001
  • Thailand: 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000
  • Togo: 2010
  • Uganda: 2002
  • Ukraine: 2001
  • United States: 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2015, 2020
  • Uruguay: 1963, 1975, 1985, 1996, 2011
  • Venezuela: 1990, 2001
  • Zambia: 1990, 2000
  • Zimbabwe: 2012