National Population, Households, and Dwellings Census, 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Argentina, 2001 - 2002

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Reference ID

ARG_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Argentine National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS

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Jan 05, 2026

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Jan 05, 2026

Predominant material of the floors (AR2001A_FLOOR)

Data file: ARG2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 202

End: 202

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="AR01A028 AR01A029 AR01A030 AR01A031 AR01A032 AR01A033 AR01A034 AR01A035 AR01A036 AR01A037 AR01A038 AR01A039 AR01A040 AR01A041 AR01A045 AR01A046 AR01A047 AR01A048 AR01A049 AR01A050 AR01A051 AR01A052">[Questions 5-24 were asked in the case of households that occupied some structure, per question 4.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR01A028">5. What is the predominant material of the floor?<br /><div class="i1">[] Ceramic, floor tile, mosaic floor, marble, wood or carpeted<br />[] Cement or set bricks<br />[] Dirt or loose bricks<br />[] Others</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Ceramic, floor tile, mosaic floor, marble, wood or carpeted
2	Cement, set brick
3	Earth
4	Others
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

<svar a="AR01A028" v="AR01A028 AR01A047 AR01A048"><span class="em">Questions 5, 6, and 8: What is the main material of ... ?</span><br /><div class="i1">In each of these questions, main means the material that is found in the greatest proportion in the floors, exterior walls, and exterior covering of the roof of the dwelling. If there are different materials in the same proportions, you should register the one that is of the better quality.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates predominant material of the floors.

Universe

Argentina 2001: Non-collective dwellings and not homeless [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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