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General Population Census of 1968 - IPUMS Subset

France, 1968
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FRA_1968_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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INSEE (Institut National de la Statisque et des Etudes Economiques), IPUMS
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Primary materials for the walls and roof (FR1968A_WALLROOF)

Data file: FRA1968_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 157
End: 157
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="FR68A023 FR68A024 FR68A025"><span class="h3">2. Main materials</span><br /><div class="i1">Walls<br />[] 1 Stone, dressed stone, millstone, building stone, brick, hollow brick, cement, chip wood, cinder block<br />[] 2 Other materials such as: wood, wood beams and cob, clay masonry, etc.<br />____ Specify<br />Roof<br />[] 1 Tile, slate, asbestos or similar material; aluminum, steel, copper, zinc, terrace.<br />[] 2 Other materials such as: straw, sheet metal, flat stone, bitumen, etc.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Hard walls and roof materials
2 Other cases
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="FR68A023 FR68A024 FR68A025"><span class="h3">3.3.2. Question 2: Principal materials</span><br />Walls: Mark one and only one of the two boxes while making an effort to specify the material or materials used.<br />In more of the materials explicitly numbered in section 2, you will classify the nondurable materials used for temporary structures in this section. For the buildings made of wood, wooden panels and cob, always check box 2 even if this is a durable structure (it is question 1 which will inform others on the subject of the temporary nature or durability of the structure.)<br /><span class="pg">[p.20]</span><br />In a situation where two of the same kinds of materials (section 1 and 2) are used (in the case of farms or agricultural buildings, for example), check the only section corresponding to the kind of material principally employed in the building or the part of the building which is lived in.<br />Roof - The explanations given above for the walls are to be applied as well for the roof.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main materials for the dwelling's walls and roof.
Universe
France 1968: Private ordinary dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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