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Octavo Censo Nacional de Población y Cuarto de Vivienda de Panamá 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Panama, 1980
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PAN_1980_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo, Minnesota Population Center
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Material in exterior walls (PA1980A_0050)

Data file: PAN1980-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 167
End: 167
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Ask questions 3 through 14 only for those dwellings, with inhabitants present, that are classified in boxes 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 of question number 1, Type of Dwelling.




5. Predominant material in the exterior walls of the building or house

[] 1 Cement block, brick, stone, concrete
[] 2 Fibro-cement, wood (planks, boards)
[] 3 Clay-covered plant fiber (quincha), adobe
[] 4 Straw, palm leaves, cane, sticks
[] 5 Other material or without walls
Categories
Value Category
1 Cement block, brick, stone, concrete
2 Fibro-cement, wood
3 Clay-covered plant material, adobe
4 Straw, palm leaves, cane, sticks
5 Other material or without walls
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
Question 5 Predominant material in the exterior walls of the building or house.

Predominant material is understood to be that which the largest part of the outer walls of the building or house where the dwelling is located is made of.
Mark only one box considering that:

a) This question refers to the building or house.
b) The building and the dwelling coincide when it concerns a private house.
c) In the cases of rooms in tenement houses and apartments, the building contains many dwellings.
d) In the case of hanging shacks or without walls, mark box 5.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the material used in exterior walls.
Universe
Private occupant present non-condemned households

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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