Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2006

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LSO_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

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Roof materials (LS2006A_ROOF)

Data file: LSO2006_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 210

End: 210

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h2">Section H. Housing characteristics and household possessions</span></p>

<p>57. Main material of the roof of the main type of house </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Thatch/ straw <br />[] 2 Roof tiles <br />[] 3 Corrugated iron <br />[] 4 Other, specify ____</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Thatch or straw
2	Roof tiles
3	Corrugated iron
4	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

<span class="h2">Part H of the questionnaire</span>
<br />Housing Characteristics and Household Possessions (for the household head)</p>

<p>128. Column 57: Main material of construction of roof of the main type of house.</p>
<div class="i1">Please code according to the list.</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the roof materials of the household.

Universe

Lesotho 2006: All households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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