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National Census of Population and Housing 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 1988
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POL_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Roof material (PL1988A_ROOF)

Data file: POL1988_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 115
End: 115
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Characteristics of households</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Fill for the building in which at least one dwelling was enumerated. Answers for questions 1-10 write in only once -- in a first enumerated dwelling. In the forms filled for other dwellings this part should be crossed.</span></p>

<p>4. Material used for the roof</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Eternit or tiles<br />[] 2 Metal plate<br />[] 3 Roof felt<br />[] 4 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Fiber cement or tiles
2 Metal plate
3 Roofing tar paper
4 Other
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the material of the roof of the building.
Universe
Poland 1988: Private dwellings excluding provisional or mobile housing [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

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