Literal question
4. Construction materials of external walls
[] 1 Skeleton framed concrete
[] 2 Panels from reinforced concrete
[] 3 Panels from wood
[] 4 Wood
[] 5 Saplings plastered with wet clay, adobe, other materials
Interviewer instructions
24. The materials used for the outer walls of construction (item 4)
The type of construction materials used for the construction of the walls will be recorded based on the statements of the building's occupants (or based on the personal observation of the enumerators).
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a) For the constructions executed by using sliding forms, as well as for the buildings having prefabricated panels with reinforced concrete, mark x on the code box 1 (reinforced concrete). In addition, for the buildings constructed with a steel skeleton frame having the exterior walls made from bricks masonry or substitutes, code 1 will be also recorded;
b) For exterior walls made using bricks substitutes, the walls are assumed to be made using: perforated bricks (with hollows), ceramics and concrete blocks or light-weight building slabs; the curved red bricks and metal reinforcement panels have to be assimilated to the reinforced concrete panels and will be coded with code 2;
d) For the dwellings with outer walls made from different materials (stones, wood, bricks, adobe, etc.), only the material using the biggest proportion will be recorded.
e) If the materials have equal proportion, the less resistant will be recorded.
