Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2006

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Reference ID

LSO_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Walls materials (LS2006A_WALLS)

Data file: LSO2006_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 208

End: 208

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h2">Section H. Housing characteristics and household possessions</span></p>

<p>55. Main material of construction of walls of the main type of house</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Burned bricks<br />[] 2 Cement bricks <br />[] 3 Mud bricks<br />[] 4 Stick and mud<br />[] 5 Corrugated iron <br />[] 6 Stone<br />[] 7 Other, specify ____</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Burned brick
2	Cement bricks
3	Mud bricks
4	Sticks and mud
5	Corrugated iron
6	Stone
7	Other

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">Part H of the questionnaire</span>
<br />Housing Characteristics and Household Possessions (for the household head)</p>

<p>126. Column 55: Main material of construction of walls of the main type of house.</p>
<div class="i1">Please code according to the list.</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the walls materials of the household.

Universe

Lesotho 2006: All households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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