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XIII Censo General de Población y Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Venezuela, 2001
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Reference ID
VEN_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Unidad Técnica censal (UTC), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Predominant construction material of floors (VE2001A_FLOOR)

Data file: VEN2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

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

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="VE01A042">6. Predominant flooring materials<br /><div class="i1">[] Marble, tile, granite, vinyl, ceramic, brick, clay tile, parquet, carpet, and similar<br />[] Cement<br />[] Dirt<br />[] Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Marble, tile, granite, vinyl, ceramic, brick, clay, parquet, carpet and similar
2 Cement
3 Earth
4 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
<svar a="all" v="VE01A042">The following materials are considered for floors:<br /><div class="i1">-- <span class="em">Marble, tile, granite, vinyl, ceramic, brick, terracotta, parquet, carpet, and similar</span>: Artificial floors covered by materials considered to be of good quality, that can be processed natural materials or synthetic materials or natural fabrics.<br /><br />-- <span class="em">Cement</span>: Artificial floor constructed with processed lime, mixed with sand and water.<br /><br />-- <span class="em">Earth</span>: Natural floor without the addition of any other construction material.<br /><br />-- <span class="em">Other</span>: Floor constructed with materials not contemplated in the above categories, considered as waste/discarded materials.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the predominant construction material of floors.
Universe
Venezuela 2001: Permanently occupied private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

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