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XI General Population and Housing Census, 1990 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 1990
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MEX_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Floor (MX1990A_FLOOR)

Data file: MEX1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 170
End: 170
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX90A008">3. Floors<br /><br />What material is the majority of the floor made of in the dwelling? Mark with an X one circle only.<br /><div class="i1">[ ] 1 Dirt<br />[ ] 2 Cement or similar<br />[ ] 3 Wood, tile or other covering</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Earth
2 Firm cement
3 Wood, floortile, or other coverings
9 Not specified
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="MX90A006 MX90A007 MX90A008 MX90A009 MX90A010 MX90A011 MX90A012 MX90A013 MX90A014 MX90A015 MX90A016 MX90A017 MX90A018 MX90A019 MX90A020 MX90A021 MX90A022 MX90A023"><span class="h1">Characteristics of the dwelling</span><br /><br />The series of questions found on page two of the questionnaire will permit you to find out the principal characteristics of the dwellings: the materials that they are made out of, the number of rooms that the dwelling consists of and the use the rooms are given, the available services, ownership of the dwelling and the cooking fuel that they use.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A008"><span class="h2">3. Floors</span><br /><br />In this case, we are interesting in the materials that cover the floor of the dwelling.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates main construction material used in the dwelling's floor.
Universe
Mexico 1990: Dwellings except shelters [discrepancies: none]

concept

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