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General Population Census VII Home III and Housing V 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1996
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URY_1996_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
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Predominant material of roof (UY1996A_0030)

Data file: URY1996-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 131
End: 131
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
C. Information about the occupied private dwelling with inhabitants present (only for the 1st home and single home)
[Questions 8-15.]




9. What is the predominant material of the roof?

[] 1 Sheets of cement, bovedilla (type of vault) with or without tiles
[] 2 Sheets of zinc, fibrocement, aluminum, asphalt tiles, tiles over framework, with a flat roof
[] 3 Sheets of zinc, fibrocement, aluminum, asphalt tiles, tiles over framework, without a flat roof
[] 4 Straw
[] 5 Tin or waste material
[] 6 Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Cement sheets/bovedilla
2 Zinc/fibro/tiles, flat roof
3 Zinc/fibro/tiles, without flat roof
4 Straw
5 Tin or waste material
6 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
Question 9. What is the predominant material of the roof?

[] 1 Sheets of cement, bovedilla (type of vault) with or without tiles
[] 2 Sheets of zinc, fibrocement, aluminum, asphalt tiles, tiles over framework, with a flat roof
[] 3 Sheets of zinc, fibrocement, aluminum, asphalt tiles, tiles over framework, without a flat roof
[] 4 Straw
[] 5 Tin or waste material
[] 6 Other


Act like in the previous case. In constructions of more than one floor, fill in the box of the material that corresponds to the roof of the building.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the predominant construction material of the dwelling's roof.
Universe
Occupied private households

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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