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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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Wall material (UY1985A_WALLS)

Data file: URY1985_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 198
End: 198
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="UY85A044">1. What is the predominant material in the exterior walls of the dwelling?<br /><div class="i1">[] 4 Masonry: bricks, concrete blocks, stones, etc.<br />[] 5 Wood plank, sheets of zinc, <span class="lang">fibrocemento</span><br />[] 6 Mud (earth, adobe, <span class="lang">fagina</span>)<br />[] 7 Tin and other waste material<br />[] 8 Other (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Masonry
2 Wood/sheets of zinc/fibro
3 Mud
4 Tin or waste material
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 material of the exterior walls 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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