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Censos de Población y Vivienda, 1962 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 1962
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ECU_1962_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departamento de los Censos Nacionales, IPUMS
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Walls (EC1962A_WALLS)

Data file: ECU1962_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 158
End: 158
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="EC62A029 EC62A030 EC62A031 EC62A032 EC62A033 EC62A034 EC62A035 EC62A036 EC62A037"><span class="em">Only for private, occupied dwellings</span><br />[Refers to items III through X]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="EC62A029 EC62A030">III. Predominant building materials<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="EC62A029"><div class="i1">In the walls:<br /><br />[] 1 Cement, stone or brick<br />[] 2 Adobe or mud wall (<span class="lang">tapia</span>)<br />[] 3 Covered cane <br />[] 4 Wood<br />[] 5 Cane<br />[] 6 Other ____ (specify)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Cement
2 Adobe
3 Covered cane
4 Wood
5 Cane
6 Other
9 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the predominant material used in the walls of dwelling.
Universe
Ecuador 1962: Households in which a head was sampled [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

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