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Third General Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2005
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CMR_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, IPUMS
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Roof material (CM2005A_ROOF)

Data file: CMR2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 209
End: 209
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CM05A083">49. Material of the roof<br /><div class="i1">[] Zinc<br />[] Cement or concrete<br />[] Thatch, grass, straw<br />[] Tiles<br />[] Earth<br />[] Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Zinc
2 Cement or concrete
3 Thatch, grass, straw
4 Tiles
5 Earth
6 Other
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
<svar a="all" v="CM05A083"><span class="em">49. Main material of roof</span><br />The codes of the terms for this variable are:<br /><div class="i1">1-Sheet metal<br />2-cement<br />3-straw/thatch<br />4-tiles<br />5-earth<br />6-Other to specify</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This material indicates the material of the dwelling roof.
Universe
Cameroon 2005: Ordinary households [discrepancies: type I trace, type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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