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General Population Census IV and Housing II 1963 - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1963
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URY_1963_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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General Office of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center
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Exterior wall material (UY1963A_0046)

Data file: URY1963-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 113
End: 113
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
3. Exterior walls: predominant materials

[] 1 Masonry, bricks, blocks of cement, ticholos (bricks with holes), stones
[] 2 Wood, sheets of zinc, fibro-cement
[] 3 Mud (lumped, terron [earth with grass], adobe, fagina [wood lathe and mud])
[] 4 Tin or waste material
[] 5 Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Masonry/bricks/cement
2 Wood/zinc/fibro
3 Mud/adobe
4 Tin/waste material
5 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
Title III. External walls: Predominant materials
123. With previous meticulous observation and with the aid of inhabitants of a dwelling who in many cases can give the appropriate information, register the material of which the exterior walls of the dwelling are principally constructed.

124. The following explanations will help to determine the nature of some of the materials mentioned in the four headings under this title:


a) Sheets of zinc are sheets of galvanized steel;

b) Flat undulated sheets of asbestos-cement [fibro] are also known by the name of the factory brand, like "dolmenit", "fibrolit", etc.;

c) Ticholos are bricks with holes.


125. Any other material that is not specified among the four headings above should be registered under "Other".

126. Waste materials have been defined in an above section.

[p. 23]

127. Make the respective notation with a sign ("X") in the corresponding box.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the dwelling's exterior walls material.
Universe
Occupied private dwellings

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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