Home / Central Data Catalog / MWI_1987_PHC_V01_M_V03_A_IPUMS / variable [F1]
central

Population and Housing Census 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1987
Get Microdata
Reference ID
MWI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Jan 18, 2017
Last modified
Mar 29, 2019
Page views
6764
Downloads
269

Main construction material for walls, first dwelling (MW1987A_0029)

Data file: MWI1987-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 112
End: 112
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Main construction materials used for:





Wall


[] 1 Burnt bricks
[] 2 Sunburnt bricks
[] 3 Concrete
[] 4 Mud/wattle
[] 5 Reeds/straw
[] 6 Wood/planks
[] 7 Other (specify) ____
Categories
Value Category
1 Burnt bricks
2 Unburnt bricks
3 Concrete
4 Mud or wattle
5 Reeds or straws
6 Wood or planks
7 Other
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
Main construction materials used for:





(i) Wall: If it is not readily apparent from the outside ask what main construction material was used for the wall. The alternative types or wall materials are pre-coded and listed as follows:


[] 1 Burnt bricks
[] 2 Unburnt bricks
[] 3 Concrete
[] 4 Mud and wattle
[] 5 Reeds/straw
[] 6 Wood/planks
[] 7 Other (specify)



Fill in the appropriate code corresponding to the main construction material of the wall for the dwelling unit you are enumerating in column 81. In the case of code 7 ("Other"), you are required to specify the material of construction in a suitable space outside Part F block.

Description

Definition
This variable records the main construction material for the walls of first dwelling.
Universe
Private households

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
Back to Catalog