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General Census of Population and Housing (1988) - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988
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SEN_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Type of wall (SN1988A_WALL)

Data file: SEN1988_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 182
End: 182
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="SN88A050">H6. Type of wall (head of household)<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Cement bricks<br />[] 2 Adobe bricks<br />[] 3 Mud bricks<br />[] 4 Straw, thatch<br />[] 5 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Cement bricks
2 Adobe bricks
3 Mud bricks
4 Straw, thatch
5 Other cases
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
<svar a="all" v="SN88A050">H6) Type of walls<br />Circle the item corresponding to the prevailing type of material used for the walls of the dwelling units inhabited by the household.<br /><br /><div class="i1">Note: "PISE EN BANCO" applies to a mixture of clay and straw.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the prevailing type of material used for the walls of the household dwelling unit(s).
Universe
Senegal 1988: All households

concept

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