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XII General Population and Housing Census, 2000 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2000
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Reference ID
MEX_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Roof (MX2000A_ROOF)

Data file: MEX2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 208
End: 208
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX00A012">2. Roof<br /><br />What material is the majority roof of the dwelling made of?<br />Circle only one answer.<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 Waste material<br />2 Cardboard sheet<br />3 Metal or asbestos sheet<br />4 Palm, <span class="lang">tejamanil</span>, or wood<br />5 Tile<br />6 Concrete block, wood, brick, or terraced with wood</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Waste material
2 Cardboard sheet
3 Asbestos or metal sheet
4 Palm, light tiles or wood
5 Tile
6 Concrete tile, brick, or roof tile
9 Not specified
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">5.1 Dwelling Characteristics</span></p>

<p>The purpose of this section is to gain knowledge of all the construction materials, the number of rooms, and the services which the dwelling has, as well as other characteristics.</p>

<p>In the case of refuges, do not ask the characteristics of the dwelling. Initiate the interview in section II. Residents, households, and lists of persons.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main construction material used in the roof of the dwelling.
Universe
Mexico 2000: All households

concept

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