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IV Housing Census and IX Population Census of 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1981
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GTM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Wall material (GT1981A_WALLS)

Data file: GTM1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 191
End: 191
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">II. Characteristics of the place of habitation</span></p>

<p>2. Predominant material in the walls</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Brick and/or concrete block<br />[] 2 Adobe<br />[] 3 Wood<br />[] 4 Metal sheet<br />[] 5 Cane and mud cane (<span class="lang">bajareque</span>)<br />[] 6 <span class="lang">Lepa</span>, sticks or cane<br />[] 7 Other (specify) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Brick
2 Adobe
3 Wood
4 Metal sheet
5 Stick-and-mud (bahareque)
6 Poles, cane, slab wood (lepa)
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
<span class="h2">II. Dwelling characteristics</span></p>

<p>As mentioned previously, questions 1 through 9 of this section should be investigated for each one of the "dwellings". The specific instructions that follow will allow the enumerator to complete the work more efficiently.</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GT81A034"><span class="em">Question 2: predominant material in exterior walls</span><br /><br />1. How to investigate this question<br /><br />The informant is asked what the predominant material in the exterior walls of the dwelling is.<br /><br />2. How to record the data<br /><br />Once the predominant material used in the construction of the exterior walls is defined, the number of the category is circled.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.35]</span><br /><br />If the exterior walls are made of a material not specified in the form, the number [7] "other" is circled and the material specified.<br /><br />3. Example:<br /><br />[These instructions refer to a graphic of question 2 of the census form]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the predominant material of the walls.
Universe
Guatemala 1981: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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