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Migration Survey 2004

Vietnam, 2004
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VNM_2004_VMS_v01_M
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H12. Type of dwelling (H12)

Data file: General

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 36
End: 36
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What type of dwelling does your household live in?
Categories
Value Category
1 Permanent
2 Semi-permanent
3 Wood frame of durable use
4 Simple house
9 NR
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.
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Description

Definition
Base on the current situation of the house, permanent degree relating to main materials used to build the house and duration of use of the house, there are four types of the house.
- Permanent: Includes the villas, multi-storey houses, apartments of multi-storey buildings, multi-floor buildings assembled from pre-fabricated components, brick constructed houses with flat concrete roof. If the current house of the household is a permanent house, circle code "1”.
- Semi-permanent: includes houses with walls made of brick/wood/wood frame and with roof made of tile/cement-mortar roofing/metal roofing etc. or houses constructed of equivalent materials. If the current house of the household in a semi-permanent house, circle the code “2”.
- House with durable frame and leaf-roof: houses with frame made from wood (all area of roof is propped up by durable pillar); with roof made of leaf/bamboo/oil-paper and its duration of use is more than 15 years.
- Simple: includes all other houses, which do not belong to the above-mentioned types. These houses are with simple composition and primitive materials. Walls are usually made of dirt/leaves/woven sheets (not built of bricks or wooden frame) and roof of bamboo/leaf/oil-paper...All types of tents, shacks, temporary camps, spaces underneath the bridge, which is salvaged to live in also considered as simple house. If the current house of the household in a simple house, circle the code “4”.
Universe
For all household
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