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Octavo Censo Nacional de Población y Cuarto de Vivienda de Panamá 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Panama, 1980
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PAN_1980_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo, Minnesota Population Center
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Material in roof of the building or house (PA1980A_0051)

Data file: PAN1980-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 168
End: 168
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Ask questions 3 through 14 only for those dwellings, with inhabitants present, that are classified in boxes 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 of question number 1, Type of Dwelling.




6. Predominant material in the roof of the building or house

[] 1 Cement
[] 2 Tile
[] 3 Fibro-cement
[] 4 Metal (zinc, aluminum, etc)
[] 5 Treated [coated] wood
[] 6 Straw or palm leaves
[] 7 Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Cement
2 Tile
3 Fibro-cement
4 Metal
5 Treated wood
6 Straw or palm leaves
7 Other
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 6 Predominant material in the roof of the building or house.

Mark only one box keeping in mind that this question refers to the predominant material of which the largest part of the roof of the building or house in which the dwelling is located is made.

[The instructions refer to a graphic of question 6 of the census form.]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the material used in roof of the building or house.
Universe
Private occupant present non-condemned households

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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