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2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 2000
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Reference ID
TTO_2000_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 (TT2000A_WALLS)

Data file: TTO2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 167
End: 167
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 14. Housing and household items - Head of household</span></p>

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

<p>48. Material of outer walls</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1. Brick/concrete<br />[] 2. Wood<br />[] 3. Wood/brick/ concrete<br />[] 4. Wood/galvanise<br />[] 5. Wattle/Adobe/Tapia<br />[] 7. Other<br />[] 9. Not stated</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Brick or concrete
2 Wood or concrete
3 Wood
4 Wood or galvanize
5 Wattle or tapia
7 Other
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Characteristics of occupied building</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 48 - Material of outer walls</span></p>

<p>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:</p>
<div class="i1">1. Brick / concrete: This applies to buildings where the walls are made of hollow clay blocks or concrete bricks whether plastered or unplastered.<br /><br />2. Wood: Tick this if the walls are made solely of wood. <br /><br />3. Wood, brick, and concrete: This applies when the walls are made of these types of materials.<br /><br />4. Wood and galvanise: This includes walls made of both wood and galvanise.<br /><br />5. Wattle / adobe / tapia: This applies where the walls are some kind of wattle structure i.e. pure wattle walls or wattle daub with mud. Walls made of tapia must also be included under this type.<br /><br />7. Other: 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 the outer walls of the dwelling.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 2000: Households that completed the interview [discrepancies: none]

concept

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