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Intercensal Survey 2015 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2015
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MEX_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Predominant floor material (MX2015A_FLOOR)

Data file: MEX2015_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 219
End: 219
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
3. Flooring
<br />What material is used in the majority of the flooring in this dwelling?
<br />[Circle one code]</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Dirt<br />[] 2 Cement or asphalt<br />[] 3 Tile mosaic, wood or other covering</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Dirt
2 Cement or foundation
3 Wood, mosaic, or other covering
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="em">3. Flooring</span>
<br />This question identifies the coating material that predominates on the floor of the house. The option "dirt" is registered when most of the dwelling does not have coating on the floor. The option "tile mosaic, wood, or other covering" includes floor marble, ceramic tile floor, laminated floor, plank, and parquet.</p>

<p>[Figures are omitted]</p>

<p>Consider the carpet in this last option as long as it is installed on a concrete base; if it only is on other material, register the material underneath.</p>

<p>If the respondent answers that some rooms of the house have floors of two or more different materials, ask for the material that covers most; in case you find two or more materials in the same proportion, select the first appearing in the options of response.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the predominant material of the floor.
Universe
Mexico 2015: Private dwellings built for habitation [discrepancies: none]

concept

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