The 2000 Population and Housing Census of Thailand - IPUMS Subset
Thailand, 2000
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THA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Wall or building material (WALL)
Data file: THA2000_PHC-H-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
166
End:
168
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 000 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 100 | No walls |
| 200 | Cardboard, scrap, and miscellaneous materials |
| 201 | Waste, scrap, or discarded material |
| 202 | Fabric or discarded material |
| 203 | Zinc, fabric, cardboard, tins, and waste material |
| 204 | Cardboard sheet |
| 205 | Plastic sheeting, cardboard |
| 206 | Makeshift, salvaged, or improvised materials |
| 207 | Reused materials |
| 300 | Wood |
| 310 | Rough wood |
| 320 | Wood, fibercement or plywood |
| 330 | Wood, formica, and other |
| 340 | Wood or bamboo |
| 350 | Wood or straw |
| 400 | Other plant-based materials |
| 401 | Plantain leaves and similar material |
| 402 | Bamboo or cane |
| 403 | Bamboo, sawali, cogon, nipa |
| 404 | Straw or bamboo |
| 405 | Grass, straw or reed |
| 406 | Reed, bamboo, or palm |
| 407 | Cane, palm leaves, logs |
| 408 | Palm leaves or palm planks |
| 409 | Bark, sticks, or cane |
| 500 | Masonry, stone, cement, adobe, metal, glass, and other fabricated materials (sometimes mixed with wood) |
| 501 | Brick, block, stone, or cement |
| 502 | Brick, stone, concrete |
| 503 | Brick, stone, or substitutes (dividing panels made of reinforced concrete) |
| 504 | Brick, stone, or substitutes (dividing panels made of wood) |
| 505 | Brick or tile |
| 506 | Brick or stone |
| 507 | Brick or cement block |
| 508 | Brick with plaster exterior |
| 509 | Brick without plaster exterior |
| 510 | Burnt or stabilized brick |
| 511 | Covered brick |
| 512 | Brick |
| 513 | Unburnt brick |
| 514 | Unburnt brick with cement |
| 515 | Unburnt brick with mud |
| 516 | Concrete |
| 517 | Landcrete, sandcrete |
| 518 | Cement blocks |
| 519 | Cement blocks or brick |
| 520 | Cement blocks or brick, unfinished |
| 521 | Cement and adobe bricks |
| 522 | Cement and stone block |
| 523 | Cement and tiles |
| 524 | Reinforced concrete, pre-cast concrete panels, or steel skeleton framed concrete |
| 525 | Concrete, reinforced concrete, blocks, panels |
| 526 | Fibercement |
| 527 | Adobe |
| 528 | Adobe walls with plaster exterior |
| 529 | Adobe walls without plaster exterior |
| 530 | Adobe with cement exterior |
| 531 | Wood and earth adobe |
| 532 | Wood and cement adobe |
| 533 | Mud or adobe |
| 534 | Pressed dirt |
| 535 | Clay |
| 536 | Coated clay/mud with sticks/cane |
| 537 | Clay or clay-covered sticks |
| 538 | Netted bamboo or cane with mud |
| 539 | Bundle of mud, straw, other materials |
| 540 | Mud with wood/wattle |
| 541 | Pole and mud |
| 542 | Mud with cement |
| 543 | Unfinished lathe and plaster, stucco, etc. |
| 544 | Stone |
| 545 | Hand-laid stone |
| 546 | Quarried stone |
| 547 | Cut stone and concrete |
| 548 | Cemented stone |
| 549 | Stone with clay |
| 550 | Blocks of light material |
| 551 | Prefabricated material |
| 552 | Asbestos |
| 553 | Metal or asbestos sheet |
| 554 | Metal or iron sheet |
| 555 | Metal or fibercement sheeting |
| 556 | Galvanized iron or aluminum |
| 557 | Tin |
| 558 | Glass |
| 559 | Cloth |
| 560 | Covintec panels |
| 561 | Mixed material |
| 562 | Mixed material: part wood; part concrete, brick, or stone |
| 563 | Wood plastered with clay, adobe, other materials; wood pressed panels; rolled mud bricks; etc. |
| 564 | Mixed material: wood or galvanized metal |
| 570 | Mainly permanent materials |
| 600 | Other material |
| 601 | Partition wall, lined with wood or steel |
| 602 | Partition wall, unlined |
| 999 | Unknown/missing |
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.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the primary material used in the construction of the dwelling, particularly the dwelling's exterior walls.
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