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General Population Census IV and Housing II 1963 - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1963
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URY_1963_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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General Office of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center
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Roof material (UY1963A_0047)

Data file: URY1963-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 114
End: 114
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
4. Roof: Predominant materials

[] 1 Made of: concrete sheets, bovedilla (type of vault), with or without tiles

Zinc, fibro-cement, aluminum, asphalt cardboard, tiles:


[] 2 With a flat roof
[] 3 Without a flat roof


[] 4 Straw
[] 5 Tin or waste material
[] 6 Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Concrete sheets
2 Zinc/fibro-cement/aluminum with flat roof
3 Zinc/fibro-cement/aluminum without flat roof
4 Straw
5 Tin or waste material
6 Other
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
Title IV. Roofs: Predominant materials
128. Make note of the following explanations:


a) A bovedilla is understood to be a terrace roof of bricks built above struts of wood or steel, above which exists a finishing of tiles or, in other cases, of asphalt. It may or may not have tile.

b) Cardboard asphalt (carton asfáltico) is a grooved black sheet that becomes brownish-grey in weather. It is soaked with asphalt. In some cases, it can be painted.

c) When the roof is made from tiles (not when the tiles are over a roof made from materials), they are found over struts of wood which are affixed with wires or nails,

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the dwelling's roof material.
Universe
Occupied private dwellings

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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