1995 National Census. Seventh Census of Population, Third Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset
Nicaragua, 1995
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NIC_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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External walls materials (NI1995A_WALLS)
Data file: NIC1995_PHC-H-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
177
End:
178
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h3">Characteristics of the dwelling</span></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="NI95A029"><span class="em">Material of the external walls</span><br />3. What is the predominant material of the exterior walls?<br /><div class="i1">[] 01 Clay brick or blocks<br />[] 02 Cement blocks or concrete<br />[] 03 Adobe or <span class="lang">taquezal</span> [wooden columns and beams provide structural support for the adobe]<br />[] 04 Quarried stone<br />[] 05 <span class="lang">Barul</span>, cane, or palm leaves<br />[] 06 Wood<br />[] 07 Wood/concrete (mini-skirting)<br />[] 08 Plywood or corrugated sheeting (Plycem or Nicalit panel)<br />[] 09 Rubble or discarded materials<br />[] 10 Other</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="NI95A029"><span class="em">Material of the external walls</span><br />3. What is the predominant material of the exterior walls?<br /><div class="i1">[] 01 Clay brick or blocks<br />[] 02 Cement blocks or concrete<br />[] 03 Adobe or <span class="lang">taquezal</span> [wooden columns and beams provide structural support for the adobe]<br />[] 04 Quarried stone<br />[] 05 <span class="lang">Barul</span>, cane, or palm leaves<br />[] 06 Wood<br />[] 07 Wood/concrete (mini-skirting)<br />[] 08 Plywood or corrugated sheeting (Plycem or Nicalit panel)<br />[] 09 Rubble or discarded materials<br />[] 10 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Clay brick or block |
| 02 | Cement blocks or concrete |
| 03 | Adobe/taquezal |
| 04 | Quarried stone |
| 05 | Barul, cane, or palm leaves |
| 06 | Wood |
| 07 | Wood/concrete (mini-skirting) |
| 08 | Plywood or corrugated sheeting (plycem or nicalit panel) |
| 09 | Rubble or discarded materials |
| 10 | Other type |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 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
<svar a="all" v="NI95A029"><span class="em">Question 3: Predominant material of the walls</span><br />You should consider only the exterior walls of the dwelling. What is important is the base material of the construction and not the covering. In this question you should mark only one of the boxes. If in the dwelling there is more than one material, you should mark the predominant material.<br /><div class="i1">1. Clay brick or blocks<br />The wall of clay brick or blocks is constructed with sand and cement in a metal framework. This can be covered or not covered.<br /><br />2. Cement blocks or concrete<br />This is a dwelling built of concrete blocks, sand, and cement, sustained by columns and beams of concrete.<br /><br />3. Adobe or <span class="lang">taquezal</span><br />This wall is made of a base of dirt mixed with grass, sustained primarily with a framework made of wood.<br /><br />4. Quarried stone<br />This is a wall that is primarily built with stones extracted from quarried mines.<br /><br />5. <span class="lang">Barul</span>, cane or palm leaves<br />This type of material is used to build rustic shacks that are primarily located in rural areas.<br /><br />6. Wood<br />Generally, these are built with boards that are sustained with a beamed framework.<br /><br />7. Wood/concrete (mini-skirting)<br />These are built over a base of concrete that generally makes up to half of the construction, with the upper portion made of wood.<br /><br />8. Plycem or Nicalit panel<br />Built primarily with asbestos sheeting, cement panels, or concrete sheeting [Plycem is a specific type of sheeting, roughly translated as concrete plywood]<br /><br />9. Rubble or discarded materials<br />This type of material is found primarily in squatted or marginal dwellings and refers to pieces of wood, plastics, cardboard, tin, etc.<br /><br />10. Other<br />Any material that is not included in the previous categories, such as metallic sheeting, tarps, etc.</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the dwelling's external walls materials.
Universe
Nicaragua 1995: Private occupied households with inhabitants present [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD | IPUMS |