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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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Walls material (PY1972A_WALLS)

Data file: PRY1972_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 183
End: 183
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="PY72A019">A. Exterior walls<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Brick<br />[] 2 Adobe<br />[] 3 Wattle [<span class="lang">estaqueo</span>]<br />[] 4 Planks or boards<br />[] 5 Sheet (fibrocement, zinc, etc.)<br />[] 6 Stone<br />[] 7 Others (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Brick
2 Adobe
3 Wattle
4 Planks
5 Sheets of fibrocement, zinc, or similar
6 Stone
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>a) Exterior walls: you will mark, in the corresponding box, the predominant material used in the construction of the exterior walls of the dwelling.</p>

<p>Predominant material
<br />A. Exterior walls</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Brick<br />[] 2 Adobe<br />[] 3 Stucco<br />[] 4 Boards<br />[] 5 Sheeting of cement-fiber, zinc, etc.<br />[] 6 Stone<br />[] 7 Others (specify) ____</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the dwelling walls 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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