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XVI National Population and V de Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1993 - 1994
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COL_1993_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Floor material (CO1993A_FLOOR)

Data file: COL1993_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 183
End: 183
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CO93A012 CO93A013 CO93A014 CO93A015 CO93A016 CO93A017 CO93A018 CO93A019 CO93A020 CO93A021"><span class="h1">II. Information about the dwelling</span><br /><br /><span class="em">(Only for household number one)</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO93A015"><span class="em">9. Predominant material in the floor</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Earth or sand<br />[] 2 Cement<br />[] 3 Coarse Wood<br />[] 4 Other material (polished wood, carpet, tile, vinyl)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Earth or sand
2 Cement
3 Coarse wood
4 Other material
9 NIU (not in universe)
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 v="CO93A012 CO93A013 CO93A014 CO93A015 CO93A016 CO93A017 CO93A018 CO93A019 CO93A020 CO93A021"><span class="h3">II. Dwelling information</span><br />[Applies to household number one only]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO93A015"><span class="em">9. Predominant material in the floor</span><br /><br />Choose the corresponding alternative taking into account the following criteria:<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Earth or sand</span><br />When a floor does not have any type of covering.<br /><br /><span class="em">Course wood, board or plank</span><br />They are floors elaborated with wooden boards without polishing what is put down, from one side to the other.<br /><br /><span class="em">Other material</span><br />When a floor has another type of predominant material, different than the previous options.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the material of which the floor of the dwelling was made.
Universe
Colombia 1993: Occupied dwellings with people present at enumeration [discrepancies: none]

concept

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