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General Population Census IV and Housing II - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1963
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URY_1963_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Office of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Roof material (UY1963A_ROOF)

Data file: URY1963_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 139
End: 139
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
<svar a="all" v="UY63A047">4. Roof: Predominant materials<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Made of: concrete sheets, <span class="lang">bovedilla</span> (type of vault), with or without tiles<br /><br />Zinc, fibro-cement, aluminum, asphalt cardboard, tiles:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 2 With a flat roof<br />[] 3 Without a flat roof</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 4 Straw<br />[] 5 Tin or waste material<br />[] 6 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Concrete sheets
2 Zinc/fibro-cement/aluminum with flat roof
3 Zinc/fibro-cement/aluminum without flat roof
4 Straw
5 Tin or 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the dwelling's roof material.
Universe
Uruguay 1963: Occupied private dwellings

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