Literal question
<span class="h3">I. Characteristics of the housing unit</span></p>
<p>1. Walls: What material are most of the walls of this housing unit made of?</p>
<div class="i1">Circle one code only<br /><br />[] 1. Waste material<br />[] 2. Cardboard sheets<br />[] 3. Asbestos or metal sheets<br />[] 4. Reed, bamboo, or palm<br />[] 5. Daub or <span class="lang">bahareque</span><br />[] 6. Wood<br />[] 7. Adobe bricks<br />[] 8. Partition, bricks, blocks, stone, quarry stone, cement, or concrete</div>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h1">15. Extended questionnaire</span>
<br />This section of the questionnaire contains the questions you must apply in the households you have registered as: Single house on the land, house sharing land with other(s); duplex house; apartment in a building; housing unit in neighborhood or tenement and housing unit in the rooftop room of a building. That is, with classes 1 to 6 of private housing unit class.</p>
<p><span class="h2">15.1 Section I. Characteristics of the housing unit</span>
<br />The questions cover the following topics:</p>
<div class="i1">I. Construction features<br />II. Use of space.<br />III. Cooking conditions.<br />IV. Electricity.<br />V. Access to water.<br />VI. Equipment.<br />VII. Sanitary installations and sanitation.<br />VIII. Garbage.<br />IX. Goods and ICT.<br />X. Tenure and acquisition of housing.</div><span class="em">I. Construction features</span>
<br /><span class="ital">1. Walls</span>
<br />The question identifies the predominant basic material with which the walls of the housing unit are constructed.</p>
<p>Take into account that the waste material includes pieces of cardboard, rubber, tires, etc.</p>
<p>The option partition wall, brick, block, stone, quarry, cement or concrete "includes the walls from prefabricated materials; for example, panels that are based on cement or concrete.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 216]</span></p>
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<p>If the walls are made from two or more different materials, ask for the predominant one; if they are in the same proportions, choose the first one that appears in the answer options.</p>
<p>The following image shows some examples of wall material; from left to right we can see: two images of waste material, cardboard sheeting, metal sheeting, palm, and <span class="lang">bajareque</span>.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 217]</span></p>
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<p>The walls question is presented in the Census Manager as follows:</p>
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