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

Haiti, 1971
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HTI_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Département des Finances et des Affaires Economiques, Institute Haïtien de Statistique, IPUMS
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Floor materials (HT1971A_FLOOR)

Data file: HTI1971_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 175
End: 176
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="HT71A039"><span class="em">6. Main material of the floors</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Cement<br />[] 2 Wood<br />[] 3 Tamped dirt<br />[] 4 Other (specify) ________</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Concrete
02 Wood
03 Tamped dirt
04 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
<svar a="all" v="HT71A039"><span class="em">6. Main Construction Material of the Floors</span><br /><br />The floor of the dwelling may be in concrete, tile, mosaic, wood, tamped dirt, or other.<br /><br />In the case of concrete, tile and wood you can refer to the definitions in paragraph 2: main construction material of the roof.<br /><br />a) Mosaic: Include in this category floors made of an assemblage of small multicolored squares set in cement and which form a design.<br /><br />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 <span class="lang">Dame</span> in Haiti.<br /><br /><span class="pg">pg 21</span><br /><br />c) [Other]: Specify the materials which floors in the "other" category are made of.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main construction materials of the floors.
Universe
Haiti 1971: All households

concept

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