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VIII General Population and Housing Census, 1960 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 1960
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MEX_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Dirección General de Estadística, Secretaría de Industria y Comercio, IPUMS
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Wall material in the dwelling (MX1960A_WALLS)

Data file: MEX1960_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 163
End: 163
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX60A015">48. Principal material of the walls. Examples: Abode, wood, partitions, clay-covered sticks, boards, blocks of light material, Quarried stone, etc.<br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="MX60A005 MX60A006 MX60A007 MX60A008 MX60A009 MX60A015 MX60A016">Column 47-57. These columns are for the dwelling or house that the family occupies. Therefore, the answers will only be written in the row for the head of household.<br /></svar></p>

<p>Column 47: If the family that lives in the dwelling is the homeowner, make an X. If not, leave the column blank.
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Adobe
2 Wood
3 Brick/blocks
4 Clay-covered sticks
5 Hand-laid stone
6 Quarried stone
7 Blocks of light material
8 Other materials
9 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main construction material of the dwelling's walls.
Universe
Mexico 1960: Household heads [discrepancies: type I 1% and type II none]

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