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Population and Housing Census 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Iraq, 1997
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IRQ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Republic of Iraq, Board of Ministers, Planning Commission, Central Statistical Organization, Minnesota Population Center
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Wall construction material (IQ1997A_0048)

Data file: IRQ1997-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 154
End: 154
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[The following instructions apply to questions 16 to 26]
Fill for each household living alone in the residential unit, if occupied by more than one household, only one of the households should respond.



17. Wall construction material

[] 1 Bricks
[] 2 Stone
[] 3 Blocks
[] 4 Concrete blocks
[] 5 Mud
[] 6 Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Bricks
2 Stone
3 Blocks
4 Concrete blocks
5 Mud
6 Other
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
17. Kind of material used in constructing the walls of the residential unit:
Indicated by the sign (x) in square opposite to the kind of material used in constructing the walls of the residential unit. If the walls of this unit constructed by bricks a sign is put in the square (1) opposite to the word (bricks) but if the walls are constructed with concrete blocks from ready construction, the sign is put in the square (4) opposite to the phrase (concrete blocks from ready construction). If the walls of the residential unit constructed with more than one material, for example bricks and stone the main material used in constructing the walls of the residential unit is taken for fixing the material used in constructing the walls of the residential unit, the sign (x) is put in the correct square. If the household resides in a residential unit its walls constructed with material not mentioned in the questionnaire the sign (x) is put in the square (6) opposite to the word (others) and so on but if the kind residential unit (in field 16) a tent or a hair house (square 4) the material for construction is not indicated in this field.
Note: Field (18) is limited only on the residential units constructed with bricks or stone or block or concrete blocks from ready construction or mud and the data is not collected from huts, tents, hair houses and the like.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the construction material used for the walls of the residential unit.
Universe
Private dwellings

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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