VI Censo Nacional de Población y II de Vivienda 1963 - IPUMS Subset

Costa Rica, 1963

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Reference ID

CRI_1963_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos, Minnesota Population Center

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Wall material (CR1963A_0014)

Data file: CRI1963-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 133

End: 133

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

2. Predominant material in the walls

(mark only one box)

[] 1 Wood
[] 2 Concrete
[] 3 Metal sheet
[] 4 Adobe and cane with earth covered with a cement cap (bahareque)
[] 9 Other (specify) ____

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Wood
2	Concrete
3	Metal sheet
4	Adobe
5	Straw
6	Other

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

Box No. 2.- Predominant Material in the Walls

You should mark an "X" in the respective box, asking for the material which in the largest proportion has been used in the construction of the walls.

Wood- Wood of any kind

Concrete- Brick, cement blocks, water proof cement, mixed brick, stone, reinforced concrete, cement, or any other natural or artificial stone material.

Metal Sheet - Wood with metal wire screen and plaster.

Adobe and bahareque - cane with earth covered with a cement cap (french bahareque), Mud blocks in wooden beams and mixed with smashed brick (filled bahareque), Blocks of earth (adobe).

Other- Specify when using this space, writing down for example: palm, straw, etc.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the material in the dwelling's walls.

Universe

Private dwellings

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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