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Eighth General Population and Housing Census, 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2012
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Reference ID
SUR_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
General Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
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Outer walls (SR2012A_WALLS)

Data file: SUR2012_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 141
End: 142
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Household module</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">Part 1: Characteristics of the inhabited building</span>
<br />[Applies to questions 1 - 4]</p>

<p>2. What are the outer walls of the building mainly made of?</p>
<div class="i1">N.B.: Please provide only one answer.<br /><br />[] 1 Wood<br />[] 2 Wood and building blocks / bricks<br />[] 3 Wood and concrete (slabs) / cement panels<br />[] 4 Wood and galvanized / zinc plates<br />[] 5 Building blocks<br />[] 6 Concrete / concrete slabs<br />[] 7 PVC paneling<br />[] 8 Zinc / galvanized plates<br />[] 9 Other, namely ____<br />[] 97 Don't know<br />[] 99 No response</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Wood
02 Wood and building blocks or bricks
03 Wood and concrete (slabs) or cement panels
04 Wood and galvanised or zinc plates
05 Building blocks
06 Concrete or concrete slabs
07 Zinc or galvanised plates
08 Other materials
99 Unknown
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 the primary type of material of the outer walls.
Universe
Suriname 2012: All households

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