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II Recenseamiento Geral da População e Habitação, 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Mozambique, 1997
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MOZ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Walls (MZ1997A_WALLS)

Data file: MOZ1997_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 188
End: 188
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 2 and 4 were asked of private households.]</p>

<p><span class="h3">3. The walls of the house are made of:</span><div class="i1">[] Cement blocks<br />[] Bricks<br />[] Wood/ zinc<br />[] Adobe blocks<br />[] Reed/ sticks/ bamboo/ palm tree<br />[] Weaved sticks (mud and wattle) <br />[] Tin/ cardboard/ paper/ canvas/ bark<br />[] Other materials</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Cement block
2 Brick
3 Wood/Metal
4 Adobe
5 Reed/sticks/bamboo/palm tree
6 Woven sticks
7 Tin/cardboard/paper/canvas/bark
8 Other materials
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="em">E3. A house is built with walls:</span>
<br />Read the question and each alternative. Wait for the reply. Tick x in the number corresponding to the predominant material in the construction of the walls of the house. We consider the following types of material of wall construction: Concrete Block, Brick Block, Wood/zinc block adobe, reed/sticks/bamboo/palm Paus matic, other materials. There should be only one answer

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the household's wall material.
Universe
Mozambique 1997: Private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

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