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2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2015
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SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
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Walls material (SL2015A_WALLS)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 218
End: 219
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions H01, H06, and H07 were asked of all people. The rest of the questions in section III were recorded only for respondent's whose indicated type of residence was occupied housing units in question I15]</p>

<p>Major material of construction [Questions H06-H08]</p>

<p>H07. Wall</p>
<div class="i1">[] 01. Stone<br />[] 02. Cement blocks<br />[] 03. Clay bricks<br />[] 04. Sandcrete<br />[] 05. Zinc<br />[] 06. Timber<br />[] 07. Mud bricks<br />[] 08. Poles/reed<br />[] 09. Tarpaulin<br />[] 10. Burned bricks<br />[] 11. Mud and wattle<br />[] 12. Other ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Stone
02 Cement blocks
03 Clay bricks
04 Sandcrete
05 Zinc
06 Timber
07 Mud bricks
08 Poles or reed
09 Tarpaulin
10 Burned bricks
11 Mud and wattle
12 Other
99 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="h3"> Section 3: Housing facilities </span></p>

<p>186. Columns H01 to H19 relate to specific questions concerning the household. They are questions that relate to the household as a whole and not to individual members.</p>

<p><span class="em">Columns H06 to H08 -- Major materials of construction of dwelling units. </span>
<br />193. You are required to record answers to H06 to H08 by observation. For example, having observed that the dwelling unit has zinc as the material of construction of the roof, cement as the material of construction of the wall and floor, there is absolutely no reason asking the respondents questions relating to them. Only ask them in circumstances where you are not sure which material of construction the house is made of. Ask for major material of construction in order to capture structures that are made of mud but plastered with cement.</p>

<p>194. Record the answer to each of the columns i.e. columns H06 for roof, H07 for wall and H08 for floor.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the wall material of the household.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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