IHSN Survey Catalog
  • Home
  • Microdata Catalog
  • Citations
  • Login
    Login
    Home / Central Data Catalog / CRI_2000_PHC_V01_M_V7.5_A_IPUMS / variable [H]
central

Censos Nacionales IX de Población y V de Vivienda 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Costa Rica, 2000
Get Microdata
Reference ID
CRI_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Dec 22, 2014
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
17852
Downloads
6364
  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
  • Downloads
  • Get Microdata
  • Related Publications
  • Data files
  • CRI2000_PHC-H-H.dat
  • CRI2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Roof material (CR2000A_ROOF)

Data file: CRI2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 208
End: 208
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CR00A029"><span class="em">4. What is the predominant material in the roof?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Metal or zinc sheet<br />[] 2 Fibrocement (<span class="lang">fibrocemento</span>)<br />[] 3 Other<br />[] 4 Waste material</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Metal or zinc sheet
2 Fibrocement
3 Other
4 Waste material
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
<svar a="all" v="CR00A029"><span class="h3">Question 4: Predominant material in the roof</span><br /><br />This question refers to the base material used for building the largest part of the roof.<br /><br />Mark with an "X" only one of the options.<br /><br />[To the right of the text is a form.]<br /><br /><span class="em">Metal sheets</span>: Sheets of zinc or galvanized steel, that are made in straight and wavy panels.<br /><br />[Below the text is a picture of a roof.]<br /><br /><span class="em">Fibrocement (<span class="lang">fibrocemento</span>)</span>: Material from a mix of cement that is compressed to form sheets of different sizes and forms (wavy, tile, etc.). Here asbestos-cement is included.<br /><br />[Below the text is a picture of a roof.]<br /><br /><span class="em">Other</span>: Include here any other material like tile, stone, or concrete sheets that separate the floors of a building, straw, palm, etc.<br /><br />[Below the text is a picture of a roof.]<br /><br /><span class="em">Waste material</span>: Used elements not very durable: cardboard, old cans, sacks, etc.<br /><br /><span class="em">Recommendation</span>:<br /><br />When in doubt, query the informant, since you will be able to find, for example, roofs with cloth as a decorative outside element, and below them, sheets of zinc or cement. In this case mark any of these two options (zinc or cement, according to what it corresponds to.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the predominant material used in the dwelling's roof.
Universe
Costa Rica 2000: Private, occupied dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
Back to Catalog
IHSN Survey Catalog

© IHSN Survey Catalog, All Rights Reserved.