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Nationala Censuses 2007: 11th Population Census and 6th Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 2007
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PER_2007_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Computing, IPUMS
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Predominant construction material of the floors (PE2007A_FLOOR)

Data file: PER2007_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 193
End: 193
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PE07A038 PE07A039">3. What is the dwellings predominant building material?<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PE07A039"><div class="i1">3B. The predominant building material of the floors is (read each option and circle only one number):</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Earth<br />[] 2 Cement<br />[] 3 Paving stones [<span class="lang">losetas</span>], terrazzo, ceramic tile or similar<br />[] 4 Parquet or polished wood<br />[] 5 Wood (palm [<span class="lang">pona</span>], tornillo tree, etc.)<br />[] 6 Asphalt membrane, vinyl or similar<br />[] 7 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Earth
2 Cement
3 Paving stones, terrazzo, ceramic tile or similar
4 Parquet or polished wood
5 Wood
6 Asphalt sheet, vinyl or similar
7 Other
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 v="PE07A036 PE07A037 PE07A038 PE07A039 PE07A040 PE07A041 PE07A042 PE07A043 PE07A044 PE07A045 PE07A046 PE07A047 PE07A048">Fill out the second section, "Dwelling Characteristics and Services," for the main dwelling <span class="em">only</span>.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PE07A038 PE07A039"><span class="em">Question 3: What is the Dwelling's Predominant Building Material?</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PE07A039"><span class="em">3B: The predominant building material of the floors is:</span><br />In option 7, "Other Material", take into account any type of material not mentioned in the above options, such as stone, brick, sand, paving stones [<span class="lang">empedrado</span>], etc.<br /><span class="em">Predominant building material used for the floors:</span> This refers to the building material for the majority of the floors in the dwelling's rooms.<br /><span class="ital">Example</span>: The bedroom floor in Ernestina's dwelling is made of parquet, but the rest of the rooms in the dwelling have cement flooring. Circle option 2, "Cement."<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the predominant construction material of the floors.
Universe
Peru 2007: Private dwellings with people present [discrepancies: none]

concept

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