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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
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Argentine National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Jan 05, 2026
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Jan 05, 2026
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Material of exterior walls (AR2001A_WALLSEX)

Data file: ARG2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 231
End: 231
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="AR01A047">6. What is the predominant material in the exterior walls?<br /><div class="i1">[] Brick, stone, block or concrete<br />[] Adobe<br />[] Wood [skip question 7]<br />[] Metal sheet of cement fiber [skip question 7]<br />[] Straw-and-clay mix, cardboard, palm leaf, straw or waste material [skip question 7]<br />[] Others [skip question 7]</div><br /><br />7. Do the outside walls have plaster/external covering (including exposed brick)?<br /><div class="i1">[Questions 7 was asked in the case of households with brick, stone, block or concrete and adobe as predominant material in the exterior walls, per question 6.]<br /><br />[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Brick walls, with plaster exterior
2 Brick walls, without plaster exterior
3 Adobe walls with plaster exterior
4 Adobe walls without plaster exterior
5 Wooden walls
6 Sheet metal or "fibrocemento" walls
7 Bundles of straw and mud, cardboard, palm walls
8 Walls of 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
<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></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR01A047"><span class="em">Question 7: Are the exterior walls plastered/ do they have an external covering (include exposed brick)?</span><br /><div class="i1">Understood as plaster/external covering is the covering that protects the material (which can be bricks, cinder blocks, and plaster in general) on the outside of the external walls. If the external walls are not completely covered, you will take into account the main condition. If the exterior walls have exposed brick, you should consider that it does have external plaster/covering.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the material of exterior walls.
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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