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1990 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 1980
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Reference ID
TTO_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Aug 01, 2025
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Material of outer walls (TT1990A_WALLS)

Data file: TTO1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 136
End: 136
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Characteristics of occupied building</span></p>

<p>35. Material of outer walls</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Brick (plastered or unplastered)<br />[] 2 Concrete<br />[] 3 Wood and concrete<br />[] 4 Wood and brick<br />[] 5 Wood<br />[] 6 Wattle/Adobe/Tapia<br />[] 7 Other<br />[] 9 Not stated</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Brick
2 Concrete
3 Wood and concrete
4 Wood and brick
5 Wood
6 Wattle, adobe or tapia
7 Other
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Section 10 - Housing</span></p>

<p>Question 35 - Material of outer walls</p>
<div class="i1">The information sought in this question is to identify the type of material of which the outer walls of the building is made. The types of material specified are:- <br />-Brick<br />This applies to buildings where the walls are made of hollow clay blocks or concrete bricks whether plastered or unplastered. <br />-Concrete, including concrete blocks <br />This includes walls made of both concrete and concrete blocks with steel reinforcements as well as reinforced concrete structures. <br />-Wood and concrete <br />This applies when the walls are made of both types of material. <br />-Wood and brick <br />This includes walls made of both wood and concrete or hollow clay blocks. <br />-Wood <br />Tick this if the walls are made solely of wood. <br />-Wattle/adobe/<span class="lang">tapia</span> <br />This applies where the walls are some kind of wattle structure i.e. pure wattle walls or wattle dabbed with mud. Walls made of <span class="lang">tapia</span> must also be included under this type. <br />-Other <br />Tick this box for other types of material of construction of outer walls not previously described.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the material of outer walls of the dwelling.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 1990: All households

concept

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