XIII Censo General de Población. II Censo de Vivienda 1960 - IPUMS Subset

Chile, 1960

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Reference ID

CHL_1960_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Dirección de Estadísticas y Censos, Ministerio de Economía, Minnesota Population Center

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Floor condition (CL1960A_0032)

Data file: CHL1960-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 102

End: 102

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

c) Floor

Material

[] 1 Wood floor or parquet
[] 2 Paving stone or polished cement
[] 3 Brick
[] 4 Plastic, linoleum, rubber, etc
[] 5 Other material
[] 5 Earth

Condition

[] 1 Very good
[] 2 Acceptable
[] 3 Poor

Categories

Value	Category
1	Good condition
2	Acceptable condition
3	Bad condition
8	Unknown
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

State of repair of the floors

a) Very good. Without any apparent defects.

b) Acceptable. Floor coverings that have fixable defects, such as detachments, burns, cracks, breaks in the canes (palmetas), as long as there aren't dangerous breaks, uneven spots, visible moisture, decay. A dirt floor is acceptable as long as it's firm, quite level, and doesn't have moisture (mud).

c) Bad. Dangerously uneven floors that move when walked upon by a person. Rotten or worm-eaten boards. Pieces of floor covering missing, holes, moisture or mud for dirt floors.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the floor condition.

Universe

Households in which the head was sampled

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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