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General Population Census VIII, Homes IV and Housing VI - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 2011
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URY_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Floor material (UY2011A_FLOORS)

Data file: URY2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 220
End: 220
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Data of Private Occupied Dwellings</span>
<br />(Only for the first household or single household)</p>

<p><span class="em">6. Which is the predominate material of the floors of the dwelling? (VivDV03)</span>
<br />(Read the question and select the appropriate option according to the response)</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Ceramic, tile, stone, wood, carpet, linoleum, etc.<br />[] 2 Sand and Portland cement<br />[] 3 Only subfloor without floor<br />[] 4 Ground without floor or subfloor<br />[] 5 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Ceramic, tile, stone, wood, carpet, linoleum, or similar
2 Sand and portland cement
3 Only subfloor without floor
4 Ground without floor or subfloor
5 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h2">6.5 Data of Private Occupied Dwellings </span>
<br />(Only for the first household or single household)</p>
<ul class="b1">
<li>If it deals with a private unoccupied household, this module doesn't apply and the system returns to the list of addresses.</li>

<li>If it deals with a collective occupied dwelling, the system displays below the questions regarding the people that habitually reside in the household.</li>

<li>If it deals with a private dwelling and it is detected that it is occupied, the system displays the questions that will be presented below.</li>
</ul><p>Which is the predominate material of the floors of the dwelling? </p>

<p>Consider the floors of all the rooms that the dwelling has. Select the predominate material.</p>
<ul class="b1">
<li>Ceramic, tile, stone, wood, carpet, linoleum, etc.: Floor with finished materials of diverse types, including floating/engineered wood and parquet.</li>

<li>Sand and Portland cement: A layer of 1 or 2 cm. of sand and Portland extended and smoothed about the subfloor, with or without color.</li>

<li>Only subfloor without floor: A layer of a mix that contains stone or rubble applied directly to the ground, forming a resistant base for the future placement of floors.</li>

<li>Ground without floor or subfloor: An earthen ground that does not have any of the finishes enumerated in the previous options.</li>

<li>Other: This consists of materials that cannot be classified in any of the previous categories. The majority of the cases that are presented are covered in the previous categories, so that this option will only be used in very exceptional cases.</li>
</ul>

Description

Definition
This variable identifies the predominant material of the floor of the dwelling.
Universe
Uruguay 2011: Private occupied households [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

concept

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