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Eighth General Population and Housing Census, 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2012
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SUR_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Roofing (SR2012A_ROOF)

Data file: SUR2012_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 143
End: 143
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Household module</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">Part 1: Characteristics of the inhabited building</span>
<br />[Applies to questions 1 - 4]</p>

<p>3. What material is the roof of the building mainly made of?</p>
<div class="i1">N.B.: Please provide only one answer.<br /><br />[] 1 Metal roof sheets / roof tiles (zinc, galvanized, aluminum)<br />[] 2 Wooden roof tiles (shingles)<br />[] 3 Concrete<br />[] 4 Tiles<br />[] 5 Asbestos roofing sheets<br />[] 6 Palm leaves (pina, tasi, etc.)<br />[] 7 Other, namely ____<br />[] 97 Don't know<br />[] 99 No response</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Metal roof sheets or roof tiles (zinc, galvanised, aluminium)
2 Wooden roof tiles (shingles) or other tiles
3 Concrete roofing or asbestos sheets
4 Palm leaves (pina, tasi, etc.)
5 Other
9 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the primary type of material of the roof.
Universe
Suriname 2012: All households

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