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General Population Census IV and Housing III - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1975
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URY_1975_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Office of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Walls material (UY1975A_WALLS)

Data file: URY1975_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 133
End: 133
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="UY75A044">1. Exterior walls of the dwelling, predominant materials<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Masonry (bricks, concrete blocks, "<span class="lang">ticholos</span>" [bricks with holes], stones, etc.)<br />[] 2 Wood, zinc, fibre cement<br />[] 3 Mud ("<span class="lang">terrón</span>" [earth with grass], adobe, "<span class="lang">fagina</span>" [wood lathe and mud])<br />[] 4 Tin or waste material<br />[] 5 Others (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Cemented walls/masonry
2 Wood/zinc/fibro
3 Adobe/mud
4 Tin/waste material
5 Other
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 v="UY75A044 UY75A045 UY75A046 UY75A047"><span class="em">E. Private dwelling information</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UY75A044">1. Exterior walls of the dwelling<br /><div class="i1">118. You should ask all occupants of a dwelling what is the construction material that predominates the exterior walls, and mark it according to what is specified in the Census document.</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 37]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">The following explanations will help you to determine the nature of some materials:</div><br /><div class="i2">a) <span class="lang">Ticholos</span> are bricks with holes in them;<br />b) The flat and wavy sheets of fiber cement are also known with the name of its factory brand, like Dolmenit, Eternit, Fibrolit, etc.</div><br /><div class="i1">119. Classify the predominant materials in the walls of the following dwellings:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Apartment in a three story building<br />[] 2 Shack<br />[] 3 Small house from planks of the hut from work<br />[] 4 Dwelling built with waste wood, tin and burlap<br />[] 5 Small house made from cement blocks form a team of workers of the Highway Administration<br />[] 6 House with concrete planks and plastered walls.</div><br /><div class="i1">[Below the text are two charts, one with case no. 1, 5 and 6 marked for "Masonry" box, case 3 for "Wood, pieces of zinc, fibro cement" box, case 2 for "Mud" box, case 4 for "Tin or waste material" box and none for "Other"]<br /><br />120. In certain dwellings, the external walls are built with more than one of the materials specified in the Census Document, for example:</div><br /><div class="i2">a) Bricks and concrete blocks<br />b) Bricks and Dolmenit<br />c) Stones and wood</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 38]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">As you will understand, the first example will not present difficulties, since both materials are marked in the box ____</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Masonry: bricks, concrete blocks, <span class="lang">ticholos</span>, stones, etc.</div><br /><div class="i1">121 In both remaining cases, both materials are marked in different boxes. If you mark only one, when more than one material exists, mark the one that predominates.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the dwelling's walls material.
Universe
Uruguay 1975: Private occupied households [discrepancies: type I trace, type II none]

concept

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