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National Censuses 2017: 12th Population Census, 7th Housing Census, 3rd Indigenous Communities Census, and 1st Farmer Communities Census - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 2017
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PER_2017_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Computing, IPUMS
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Predominant construction material of floors (PE2017A_FLOOR)

Data file: PER2017_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 195
End: 195
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section II. Characteristics and services of the housing unit</span></p>

<p><span class="em">5. In the housing unit, is the predominant construction material in the floors:</span><div class="i1">(Read each alternative and fill in only one oval)<br /><br />[] 1 Parquet or polished wood?<br />[] 2 Vinyl, asphalt sheets or similar?<br />[] 3 Tiles, terrazzo, ceramic or similar?<br />[] 4 Wood (pona, tornillo, etc.)?<br />[] 5 Cement?<br />[] 6 Dirt?<br />[] 7 Other material?</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Parquet or polished wood
2 Vinyl, asphalt sheets or similar
3 Tiles, terrazzo, ceramic or similar
4 Wood (pona, tornillo, or similar)
5 Cement
6 Dirt
7 Other material
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="h1">5. Chapter 5: Specific instructions to fill out Section II: Characteristics and services of the housing unit</span>
<br />If there is more than one household in the housing unit, please fill in Section II, "Characteristics and services of the housing unit" for the main household only.</p>

<p><span class="h3">Question 5: In the housing unit, is the predominant construction material in the floors: </span></p>

<p>In option 7, "other material?", please consider any type of material not established in the previous options, such as stone, brick, sand, cobblestone, concrete, among others.</p>
<div class="i1">Example: In Mr. Paredes' housing unit, the living room floor is made of ceramic tiles, but the rest of the rooms have parquet, so you must fill in the oval of option 1, "parquet or polished wood?".</div>

Description

Universe
Peru 2017: Private occupied dwellings with persons present [discrepancies: none]

concept

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