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XI Censo de Población y Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Venezuela, RB, 1981
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VEN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Central de Estadística e Informática, IPUMS
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Main material in the walls (VE1981A_WALLS)

Data file: VEN1981_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 185
End: 185
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
<svar a="all" v="VE81A027">5. In the exterior walls<br /><div class="i1">[] Finished cement block or brick (<span class="lang">frisado</span>)<br />[] Unfinished cement block or brick<br />[] Concrete<br />[] Sawed wood<br />[] Finished adobe, adobe or mud wall (<span class="lang">tapia</span>) or bamboo-and-mud wall (<span class="lang">bahareque</span>)<br />[] Unfinished adobe, mud wall or bamboo-and-mud wall<br />[] Others (cane, palm leaves, planks, tin, straw, cardboard, or similar)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Finished cement block or brick
2 Unfinished cement block or brick
3 Concrete
4 Sawed wood
5 Finished adobe, mud wall or bamboo-and-mud wall
6 Unfinished adobe, mud wall or bamboo-and-mud wall
7 Other (cane, palm leaves, tin, straw, cardboard, or similar)
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main material of dwelling walls.
Universe
Venezuela 1981: Occupied dwellings [discrepancies: type I 0.7%; type II none]

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