National Population and Housing Census 1978 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 1978

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Reference ID

POL_1978_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Office, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Material of outer walls of the building (PL1978A_WALLS)

Data file: POL1978_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 126

End: 126

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

5. Outer wall's material</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Not combustible (e.g. bricks, concrete, etc.)<br />[] 2 Combustible (wood, etc.)</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Not combustible (not flammable)
2	Combustible (flammable)
8	Unknown
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the outer walls of the building are made up of non- combustible or combustible materials.

Universe

Poland 1978: Private dwellings excluding provisional or mobile housing [discrepancies: type I 0.2%; type II trace]

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Concept

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