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1999 Population Census of the Republic of Belarus - IPUMS Subset

Belarus, 1999
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BLR_1999_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Statistics and Analysis of the Republic of Belarus, IPUMS
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Outer wall materials (BY1999A_WALLS)

Data file: BLR1999_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 131
End: 131
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BY99A021 BY99A022 BY99A023 BY99A024 BY99A025 BY99A026 BY99A027 BY99A028 BY99A029 BY99A030 BY99A031 BY99A032 BY99A033 BY99A034 BY99A035 BY99A036"><span class="h3">II. Housing Conditions (Questions 1 - 4 to be completed for the dwelling)</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BY99A023"><span class="em">3. Material used in outer walls</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Brick, stone<br />[] 2 Concrete, reinforced concrete, blocks, panels<br />[] 3 Wood<br />[] 4 Mixed materials<br />[] 5 Other material</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Bricks, stone
2 Concrete, reinforced concrete, blocks, panels
3 Wood
4 Mixed material
5 Other material
8 Not specified
9 Unknown
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
<svar a="all" v="BY99A023"><span class="em">Question 3P. Material of outer walls</span><br /><br />Answers to this question are to be completed based on form 1-?? (characteristics of dwellings), excluding those households living in private housing stock where the questions are to be completed through interviewing.<br /><br />One of codes is to be marked, which corresponds to the item wanted.<br /><br />If a house is made of bricks, natural or artificial stone, the item "bricks, stone" is to be marked.<br /><br />If a house is made of concrete or reinforced concrete blocks and panels, slag blocks or its walls are filled with slag, the item "concrete, reinforced concrete, blocks, panels" is to be marked.<br /><br />If the walls of a house are made of wood (blocks or logs) or of prefabricated wood boards, the item "wood" is to be marked.<br /><br />"Wood" is also to be marked if a wooden house is coated with bricks.<br /><br />If the first floor (half or part of a house) is made of bricks or stone, but the second floor (half or part of a house) is wooden, the item "mixed material" is to be marked.<br /><br />If the walls of a house are made of adobe blocks, prefabricated panels, etc (those coated with bricks inclusive), or of any other materials not mentioned above, the item "other material" is to be marked.<br /><br />When the walls of a house are made of several different materials, they are to be related to the prevailing group of materials used in the construction.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates materials of outer walls.
Universe
Belarus 1999: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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