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Nationala Censuses: 11th Population Census and 6th Housing Census 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 2007
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PER_2007_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Predominant construction material of the floors (PE2007A_0039)

Data file: PER2007-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 147
End: 147
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
3. What is the dwellings predominant building material?




3B. The predominant building material of the floors is (read each option and circle only one number):


[] 1 Earth
[] 2 Cement
[] 3 Paving stones [losetas], terrazzo, ceramic tile or similar
[] 4 Parquet or polished wood
[] 5 Wood (palm [pona], tornillo tree, etc.)
[] 6 Asphalt membrane, vinyl or similar
[] 7 Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Earth
2 Cement
3 Paving stones, terrazzo, ceramic tile or similar
4 Parquet or polished wood
5 Wood
6 Asphalt sheet, vinyl or similar
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
Fill out the second section, "Dwelling Characteristics and Services," for the main dwelling only.



Question 3: What is the Dwelling's Predominant Building Material?



3B: The predominant building material of the floors is:
In option 7, "Other Material", take into account any type of material not mentioned in the above options, such as stone, brick, sand, paving stones [empedrado], etc.
Predominant building material used for the floors: This refers to the building material for the majority of the floors in the dwelling's rooms.
Example: The bedroom floor in Ernestina's dwelling is made of parquet, but the rest of the rooms in the dwelling have cement flooring. Circle option 2, "Cement."

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the predominant construction material of the floors.
Universe
Private dwellings with people present

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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