Home / Central Data Catalog / MOZ_1997_PHC_V01_M_V7.5_A_IPUMS / variable [H]
central

II Recenseamiento Geral da População e Habitação, 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Mozambique, 1997
Get Microdata
Reference ID
MOZ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, IPUMS
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Jan 18, 2017
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
8193
Downloads
120

Roof (MZ1997A_ROOF)

Data file: MOZ1997_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 189
End: 189
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 2 and 4 were asked of private households.]</p>

<p><span class="h3">4. The house is roofed with:</span><div class="i1">[] Concrete Slab (cement)<br />[] Tiles<br />[] Asbestos plates<br />[] Zinc plates<br />[] Grass/ culms/ palm tree leaves<br />[] Other materials</div><span class="em">Enumerator:</span> If you selected "Vacant" for question 2, finish the interview and turn to the last page of the form.
Categories
Value Category
1 Concrete slab
2 Tiles
3 Asbestos Plates
4 Zinc plates
5 Grass/straw/thatch/palm fronds
6 Other materials
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
<span class="em">E4. A house is covered by:</span>
<br />Read the question and each alternative. Wait for the reply. Tick X in the number corresponding to the predominant material in the construction of the roof of the house.
<br />We considered the following types of coverage: Concrete Slab, Tile, Lusalite plate, zinc plate, grass/thatch/palm, and others. There should be only one answer.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the material used for roofing in the household.
Universe
Mozambique 1997: Private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
Back to Catalog