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VI National Population and Housing Census, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981
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Reference ID
DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Exterior walls (DO1981A_WALLS)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 207
End: 207
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
10. Exterior walls </p>
<div class="i1">Predominant material in the exterior walls of the dwelling.</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Palm<br />[] 2 Wood<br />[] 3 Cement block or concrete<br />[] 4 Tile (<span class="lang">tejamanil</span>)<br />[] 5 Asbestos-cement<br />[] 6 Yagua palm<br />[] 7 Zinc<br />[] 8 Corrugated cardboard (<span class="lang">Cartón piedra</span>)<br />[] 9 Others</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Palm
2 Wood
3 Concrete or concrete block
4 Tiles
5 Asbestos cement
6 Palm cane
7 Zinc
8 Corrugated cardboard
9 Others
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="em">Question 10: Walls</span></p>

<p>[Page 31 is not legible in the original]</p>

<p>[Question 10 is illegible on original -- but pertains to principal materials used in the walls of the dwellings]</p>

<p>[The text associated with the graphics of the wall materials is also mostly missing in the original]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the material of the dwelling’s exterior walls.
Universe
Dominican Republic 1981: Dwellings with independent exit [discrepanices: none]

concept

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