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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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  • COL1993_PHC-H-H.dat
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Wall material (CO1993A_WALL)

Data file: COL1993_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 182
End: 182
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="CO93A014"><span class="em">8. Predominant material in the exterior walls:</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Cement block or brick<br />[] 2 Pressed mud [similar to adobe]<br />[] 3 Cane with earth (<span class="lang">bahareque</span>)<br />[] 4 Coarse Wood<br />[] 5 Reeds, Cane, grass, other types of vegetable material<br />[] 6 Zinc, cloth, cardboard<br />[] 7 Without walls</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Cement block or brick
2 Pressed mud [like adobe]
3 Cane with earth (Bahareque)
4 Coarse wood
5 Reeds, cane, grass, other plant material
6 Zinc, cloth, cardboard
7 Without walls
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="CO93A014"><span class="em">8. Predominant material in the exterior walls</span><br /><br />Outside wall is understood to be any of the outside sides, façades, or walls that enclose a dwelling.<br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Take into account the groupings that are made in the form. When there are many materials, choose the option of the predominant.<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Cement block or brick</span><br />Cooked mass of clay or other earthen material molded into a rectangular form.<br /><br /><span class="em">Prefabricated material</span><br />Walls made in a series, of a single piece of concrete or from asbestos-cement ("eternit", "colombit" or any other brand) like those that are installed in some blocks of apartments.<br /><br /><span class="em">Pressed mud wall</span><br />Wall that is raised only one time with mixed and rolled mud in an oven.<br /><br /><span class="em">Adobe</span><br />Uncooked mass of mud and straw, molded in rectangular form, dried outside in the sun.<br /><br /><span class="em"> Cane with earth (<span class="lang">bahareque</span>)</span><br />Wall that consists of netted bamboo or cane filled with mud.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the material of which the walls of the dwelling were 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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