General Population Census VI and Housing IV - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1985

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URY_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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General Office of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS

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Roof material (UY1985A_ROOF)

Data file: URY1985_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 199

End: 199

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="UY85A044 UY85A045 UY85A046 UY85A047 UY85A048 UY85A049 UY85A050 UY85A051 UY85A052 UY85A053 UY85A054"><span class="h3">E. Information about the occupied private dwelling</span><br />[Only for the first home or single home]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UY85A045">2. What is the predominant material in the roof of the dwelling?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Sheets of concrete, <span class="lang">bovedilla</span> [type of vault], with or without tiles<br /><br />Sheets of zinc, fibro cement, aluminum, asphalt tiles, tiles over framework:</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 and other waste material<br />[] 6 Other (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Sheets of concrete/bovedilla
2	Zinc/cement/asphalt, with a flat roof
3	Zinc/cement/asphalt, without a flat roof
4	Straw
5	Tin or waste material
6	Other
9	Unknown

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the material of the roof of the dwelling.

Universe

Uruguay 1985: Occupied private dwellings with dwellers present [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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