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General Population Census VII, Home III and Housing V - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1985 - 1996
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URY_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Predominant material of roof (UY1996A_ROOF)

Data file: URY1996_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 202
End: 202
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="UY96A029 UY96A030 UY96A031 UY96A032 UY96A033 UY96A034 UY96A035 UY96A036 UY96A037 UY96A038 UY96A039"><span class="h2"><br />C. Information about the occupied private dwelling with inhabitants present (only for the 1st home and single home)</span><br />[Questions 8-15.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UY96A030">9. What is the predominant material of the roof?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Sheets of cement, <span class="lang">bovedilla</span> (type of vault) with or without tiles<br />[] 2 Sheets of zinc, fibrocement, aluminum, asphalt tiles, tiles over framework, with a flat roof<br />[] 3 Sheets of zinc, fibrocement, aluminum, asphalt tiles, tiles over framework, without a flat roof<br />[] 4 Straw<br />[] 5 Tin or waste material<br />[] 6 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Cement sheets/bovedilla
2 Zinc/fibro/tiles, flat roof
3 Zinc/fibro/tiles, 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="UY96A030"><span class="em">Question 9. What is the predominant material of the roof?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Sheets of cement, <span class="lang">bovedilla</span> (type of vault) with or without tiles<br />[] 2 Sheets of zinc, fibrocement, aluminum, asphalt tiles, tiles over framework, with a flat roof<br />[] 3 Sheets of zinc, fibrocement, aluminum, asphalt tiles, tiles over framework, without a flat roof<br />[] 4 Straw<br />[] 5 Tin or waste material<br />[] 6 Other</div><br /><br />Act like in the previous case. In constructions of more than one floor, fill in the box of the material that corresponds to the roof of the building.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the predominant construction material of the dwelling's roof.
Universe
Uruguay 1996: Occupied private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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