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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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Roof material (PY1972A_ROOF)

Data file: PRY1972_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 184
End: 184
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="PY72A020">B. Roof<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Tile<br />[] 2 Straw<br />[] 3 Wood<br />[] 4 Fibrocement or similar sheet<br />[] 5 Metal sheet (zinc, aluminum)<br />[] 6 Concrete ceilings (horizontal roofs)<br />[] 7 Other (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Tile
2 Straw
3 Wood
4 Sheets of fibrocement or similar
5 Metal sheeting (zinc, aluminum)
6 Concrete, flat roof
7 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
<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>b) Roof: You will mark the box that corresponds to the predominant material used in the construction of the roof of the dwelling with an X.</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A020">When a dwelling is in the interior part of a building of various floors, you will take into account the roof of the building.<br /><br />3. Predominant material<br />B. Roof<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Clay tile<br />[] 2 Straw<br />[] 3 Wood<br />[] 4 Sheeting of fiber-cement or similar<br />[] 5 Metallic sheeting (zinc, aluminum)<br />[] 6 Reinforced concrete, assembled concrete (horizontal roof)<br />[] 7 Others (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the dwelling roof 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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