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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_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo, IPUMS
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Material in exterior walls (PA1980A_WALLS)

Data file: PAN1980_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 210
End: 210
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PA80A045 PA80A046 PA80A047 PA80A048 PA80A049 PA80A050 PA80A051 PA80A052 PA80A053 PA80A054 PA80A055 PA80A056 PA80A057 PA80A058 PA80A059 PA80A060 PA80A061 PA80A062 PA80A063 PA80A064">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.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PA80A050">5. Predominant material in the exterior walls of the building or house<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Cement block, brick, stone, concrete<br />[] 2 Fibro-cement, wood (planks, boards)<br />[] 3 Clay-covered plant fiber (<span class="lang">quincha</span>), adobe<br />[] 4 Straw, palm leaves, cane, sticks<br />[] 5 Other material or without walls</div><br /></svar>
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the material used in exterior walls.
Universe
Panama 1980: Private occupant present non-condemned households [discrepancies: type I 1.8%; type II none]

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