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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas,1992 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1992
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PRY_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys, and Censuses (DGEEC), IPUMS
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Wall material (PY1992A_WALLS)

Data file: PRY1992_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 199
End: 199
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section II. Dwelling information </span></p>

<p>For responses 2 through 6, end the interview here.
<br />[Questions 3 to 13 are asked of occupied households with present members]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY92A029">3. What is the predominant material in the exterior walls?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Brick<br />[] 2 Adobe<br />[] 3 Wattle [<span class="lang">estaqueo</span>]<br />[] 4 Wood<br />[] 5 Discarded materials: cardboard, rubber, packing crate wood, etc.<br />[] 6 Other ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Brick
2 Adobe
3 Stretched leather
4 Wood
5 Waste material
6 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
[Questions 3 to 5 are asked of occupied households with present members]</p>

<p>Questions 3 to 5: What material predominates in the exterior walls, roof and floor?</p>

<p>These questions refer to the material that is most used in said construction.</p>

<p>3. What is the predominant material in the exterior walls?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Brick<br />[] 2 Adobe<br />[] 3 Mud and cane<br />[] 4 Wood<br />[] 5 Discarded materials: cardboard, rubber, packing wood, etc.<br />[x] 6 Other ___</div><p>4. What is the predominant material of the floor?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Dirt<br />[] 2 Brick<br />[] 3 Common tile/flagstone<br />[] 4 Tile, ceramic tile, granite<br />[] 5 Cement<br />[x] 6 Wood<br />[] 7 Other ____</div><p>5. What is the predominant material of the roof?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Tile<br />[] 2 Straw<br />[] 3 Palm<br />[] 4 Wood<br />[] 5 Metal sheet<br />[x] 6 Fiber-cement or similar<br />[] 7 Reinforced concrete or framed concrete<br />[] 8 Discarded materials: Cardboard, rubber, packing wood, etc.<br />[] 9 Other ____</div>

Description

Definition
This variable identifies the wall materials of the dwelling.
Universe
Paraguay 1992: Private occupied households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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