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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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Wall material (CM2005A_WALLS)

Data file: CMR2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 208
End: 208
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CM05A082">48. Material of the walls<br /><div class="i1">[] Concrete/cement block/stabilized brick<br />[] Stone<br />[] Brick<br />[] Plank<br />[] Mud or straw<br />[] <span class="lang">Carabot</span> (Plywood)<br />[] Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Concrete/cement block/stabilized brick
2 Stone
3 Brick
4 Plank
5 Mud or straw
6 Carabot (plywood)
7 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="CM05A082"><span class="em">48. Main material of walls</span><br />The codes for the terms of this variable are:<br /><div class="i1">1-Contrete/cinder block/bricks<br />2-cut stone<br />3-simple bricks<br />4-boards<br />5-clay/adobe<br />6-<span class="lang">carabot</span> (plywood)<br />7-Other to specify</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the material of the household walls.
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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