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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 1972 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1972
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PRY_1972_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), IPUMS
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Floor material (PY1972A_FLOOR)

Data file: PRY1972_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 185
End: 185
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 3 to 10 were asked of private households]</p>

<p>3. Predominant material</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A021">C. Floor<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Brick<br />[] 2 Floor tile<br />[] 3 Cement<br />[] 4 Wood<br />[] 5 Earth</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Brick
2 Paving stone
3 Cement
4 Wood
5 Earth
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
<span class="h3">II. Information about the dwelling</span></p>

<p>These serve to determine the principal characteristics and the conditions, in which they are found, in terms of the construction, comfort, disposition of basic services, etc.</p>

<p>For the purposes of the census, the dwelling is any shelter, separated and independent, built or used for housing persons.</p>

<p>In the "collective dwellings", this part will be completed up to the part of type of dwelling.</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A021">c) Floor: You will mark the predominant material in floors of the dwelling with an X. If only one room has tile floor and the rest are brick, this is the predominant material.<br /><br />3. Predominant material<br />C. Floor<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Brick<br />[] 2 Tile<br />[] 3 Cement<br />[] 4 Wood<br />[] 5 Dirt</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the dwelling floor material.
Universe
Paraguay 1972: Private households [discrepancies: type I 0.2%; type II 0.1%]

concept

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