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General Census of Population and Housing 1979 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1979
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BEN_1979_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis, IPUMS
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Roof material (BJ1979A_ROOF)

Data file: BEN1979_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 178
End: 178
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">"Household - - Dwelling Unit" Questionnaire </span></p>

<p><span class="em">B: Dwelling Unit</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Characteristics of the dwelling unit </span></p>

<p>Specify the characteristics of the head of household's building by checking the appropriate box in columns (a) to (f). Indicate in the last column (g) the total number of rooms in which the household resides.</p>

<p>Type of roof</p>
<div class="i1">[] Roof tiles or sheet metal tiles<br />[] Concrete<br />[] Clay<br />[] Straws<br />[] Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Roof tiles or sheet metal tiles
2 Concrete
3 Clay
4 Straws
5 Other
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the predominant roof material of the dwelling.
Universe
Benin 1979: All households

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