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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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Exterior wall material (UY1963A_WALL)

Data file: URY1963_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 138
End: 138
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
<svar a="all" v="UY63A046">3. Exterior walls: predominant materials<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Masonry, bricks, blocks of cement, <span class="lang">ticholos</span> (bricks with holes), stones<br />[] 2 Wood, sheets of zinc, fibro-cement<br />[] 3 Mud (lumped, <span class="lang">terron</span> [earth with grass], adobe, <span class="lang">fagina</span> [wood lathe and mud])<br />[] 4 Tin or waste material<br />[] 5 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Masonry/bricks/cement
2 Wood/zinc/fibro
3 Mud/adobe
4 Tin/waste material
5 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 exterior walls material.
Universe
Uruguay 1963: Occupied private dwellings

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