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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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Outer walls material (PL1988A_WALLS)

Data file: POL1988_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 114
End: 114
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>3. Material of outer walls of the building:</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Non-flammable (concrete, bricks etc.)<br />[] 2 Flammable ( wood etc.)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Non-flammable (concrete, bricks, etc.)
2 Flammable (wood, etc.)
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 whether the outer walls of the building are made up of non-flammable (non- combustible) or flammable (combustible) materials.
Universe
Poland 1988: Private dwellings excluding provisional or mobile housing [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

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