The 1980 Population and Housing Census of Thailand - IPUMS Subset
Thailand, 1980
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THA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Wall construction materials (TH1980A_WALLS)
Data file: THA1980_PHC-H-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
145
End:
145
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h3">Part 3. Housing Questions (For Private Household)</span></p>
<p>[Questions H1-H18 were asked of private households.]</p>
<p>Number H1 and H2 by observation of house</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="TH80A041">H2. Type of construction materials<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Cement or brick<br />[] 2 Wood, cement or brick (mixed)<br />[] 3 Wood<br />[] 4 Local materials<br />[] 5 Reused materials</div><br /></svar>
<p>[Questions H1-H18 were asked of private households.]</p>
<p>Number H1 and H2 by observation of house</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="TH80A041">H2. Type of construction materials<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Cement or brick<br />[] 2 Wood, cement or brick (mixed)<br />[] 3 Wood<br />[] 4 Local materials<br />[] 5 Reused materials</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cement or brick |
| 2 | Wood, cement or brick (mixed) |
| 3 | Wood |
| 4 | Local materials |
| 5 | Reused materials |
| 8 | Unknown |
| 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
<span class="h3">3.32 Type of Living Place</span>
<br />Categorized by major material used in construction. They are:</p>
<div class="i1"><span class="em">3.32.1 Building</span> means construction structures using concrete, concrete block, concrete sheet, brick and cement, or brick only.<br /><br /><span class="em">3.32.2 Semi-building</span> means a brick house coating with cement, or concrete for ground floor, with wood for upper floor, or one part is brick/cement structure and the other part is wooden structure in the equivalent ratio. These include a house with brick/cement base and cello-crete for upper floor.<br /><br /><span class="em">3.32.3 Wooden house</span> means a house using wood as major material with tin roof or earthen or wooden tiles. "Major Material" in this sense considers components of a house. They are poles, floor, ceiling, wall and roof. If all these comprise more than 50% of the house, it is regarded as a wooden house.<br />Example: if a house has poles, floor, and ceiling made of harden wood, but has bamboo walls and grass roof. This house is regarded as a wooden house.<br /><br /><span class="em">3.32.4 A house constructed using local temporary material:</span> A country style house using mostly local and temporary material e.g., flax, votives grass, bamboo, stick, etc.<br />If a house has harden-wood poles and upper part, bamboo wall and floor with grass roof, it is regarded as a house constructing with local and temporary material.<br /><br /><span class="em">3.32.5 A house constructing with used and decayed material</span> e.g., used pieces of fragmented wood, used tin, etc. put together to build a house.</div><span class="em">NOTE: </span><div class="i1">1. In the case that the living place of the household are composed of several single houses: Descriptive characteristics of the living place should be based on the house at which the head of the household is living.<br />2. In the case that the living place of household is a single house, but accommodates more than one household: The descriptive characteristics of the living are considered the same type for all households.</div><span class="em">Section 3 Questions on Housing </span>
<br />(Ask only private household)</p>
<p>Questions on housing are concerned with living places of every private household in municipal area. For those outside municipal area and Bangkok, ask only the sample households.</p>
<p><span class="em">Guideline for questioning and recording</span><div class="i1">1. Ask conditions of living place by household not by person.<br />2. If a household living in many houses in the same area, consider the house where head of the household lives.<br />3. If several households living in the same house, consider conditions of the living place of the main household, other households or conditions of living are regarded as rooms in the house.<br />4. In recording answer, circle one code number only. If answer is "others," specify and record the answer clearly.<br />5. The question that has no answer code, record statement or number in the blank on the dot line.</div><span class="em">H 2. Type of living place (consider the house)</span></p>
<p>Consider the material used in construction as</p>
<div class="i1">a) Permanent material such as hardwood e.g., teak wood, rubber wood, etc. and concrete, concrete block, concrete sheet, tin, brick, etc.</div><span class="pg">p. 80</span><div class="i1">b) Temporary material e.g. the material available in the local e.g. vetiver, teak leaf, bamboo, stick etc. decayed and used material e.g., used tin, pieces of wood, decayed wood.</div><p>Take the majority of body of the house into consideration using 5 important components of the house e.g., pole, floor, ceiling, wall, and roof (see Definition Chapter 3).</p>
<p>Circle only one code number corresponding to the type of living places:</p>
<div class="i1">1. Brick<br />2. Combination of Brick/Cement with wood<br />3. Using permanent materials<br />4. Using materials found locally<br />5. Constructed with decayed and used material</div>
<br />Categorized by major material used in construction. They are:</p>
<div class="i1"><span class="em">3.32.1 Building</span> means construction structures using concrete, concrete block, concrete sheet, brick and cement, or brick only.<br /><br /><span class="em">3.32.2 Semi-building</span> means a brick house coating with cement, or concrete for ground floor, with wood for upper floor, or one part is brick/cement structure and the other part is wooden structure in the equivalent ratio. These include a house with brick/cement base and cello-crete for upper floor.<br /><br /><span class="em">3.32.3 Wooden house</span> means a house using wood as major material with tin roof or earthen or wooden tiles. "Major Material" in this sense considers components of a house. They are poles, floor, ceiling, wall and roof. If all these comprise more than 50% of the house, it is regarded as a wooden house.<br />Example: if a house has poles, floor, and ceiling made of harden wood, but has bamboo walls and grass roof. This house is regarded as a wooden house.<br /><br /><span class="em">3.32.4 A house constructed using local temporary material:</span> A country style house using mostly local and temporary material e.g., flax, votives grass, bamboo, stick, etc.<br />If a house has harden-wood poles and upper part, bamboo wall and floor with grass roof, it is regarded as a house constructing with local and temporary material.<br /><br /><span class="em">3.32.5 A house constructing with used and decayed material</span> e.g., used pieces of fragmented wood, used tin, etc. put together to build a house.</div><span class="em">NOTE: </span><div class="i1">1. In the case that the living place of the household are composed of several single houses: Descriptive characteristics of the living place should be based on the house at which the head of the household is living.<br />2. In the case that the living place of household is a single house, but accommodates more than one household: The descriptive characteristics of the living are considered the same type for all households.</div><span class="em">Section 3 Questions on Housing </span>
<br />(Ask only private household)</p>
<p>Questions on housing are concerned with living places of every private household in municipal area. For those outside municipal area and Bangkok, ask only the sample households.</p>
<p><span class="em">Guideline for questioning and recording</span><div class="i1">1. Ask conditions of living place by household not by person.<br />2. If a household living in many houses in the same area, consider the house where head of the household lives.<br />3. If several households living in the same house, consider conditions of the living place of the main household, other households or conditions of living are regarded as rooms in the house.<br />4. In recording answer, circle one code number only. If answer is "others," specify and record the answer clearly.<br />5. The question that has no answer code, record statement or number in the blank on the dot line.</div><span class="em">H 2. Type of living place (consider the house)</span></p>
<p>Consider the material used in construction as</p>
<div class="i1">a) Permanent material such as hardwood e.g., teak wood, rubber wood, etc. and concrete, concrete block, concrete sheet, tin, brick, etc.</div><span class="pg">p. 80</span><div class="i1">b) Temporary material e.g. the material available in the local e.g. vetiver, teak leaf, bamboo, stick etc. decayed and used material e.g., used tin, pieces of wood, decayed wood.</div><p>Take the majority of body of the house into consideration using 5 important components of the house e.g., pole, floor, ceiling, wall, and roof (see Definition Chapter 3).</p>
<p>Circle only one code number corresponding to the type of living places:</p>
<div class="i1">1. Brick<br />2. Combination of Brick/Cement with wood<br />3. Using permanent materials<br />4. Using materials found locally<br />5. Constructed with decayed and used material</div>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the type of construction materials used in the walls of the dwelling.
Universe
Thailand 1980: Private households [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.4%]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD | IPUMS |