Recensement General de la Population du Logement et de l'Agriculture de 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Haiti, 1971

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Reference ID

HTI_1971_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Département des Finances et des Affaires Economiques, Institute Haïtien de Statistique, Minnesota Population Center

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Floor materials (HT1971A_0039)

Data file: HTI1971-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 126

End: 127

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

6. Main material of the floors

[] 1 Cement
[] 2 Wood
[] 3 Tamped dirt
[] 4 Other (specify) ________

Categories

Value	Category
1	Concrete
2	Wood
3	Tamped dirt
4	Other floor materials
99	Unknown

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

6. Main Construction Material of the Floors

The floor of the dwelling may be in concrete, tile, mosaic, wood, tamped dirt, or other.

In the case of concrete, tile and wood you can refer to the definitions in paragraph 2: main construction material of the roof.

a) Mosaic: Include in this category floors made of an assemblage of small multicolored squares set in cement and which form a design.

b) Tamped dirt: Include in this category dirt floors which have been compressed with a heavy piece of wood with a piece of metal on one end. This is typically called a Dame in Haiti.

pg 21

c) [Other]: Specify the materials which floors in the "other" category are made of.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the main construction materials of the floors.

Universe

All households

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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