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[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2015 - 2016
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IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • IND2015-W.dat

Main material of outside walls of dwelling (B_WALL)

Data file: IND2015-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 459
End: 461
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
44) MAIN MATERIAL OF THE EXTERIOR WALLS. RECORD OBSERVATION.

NATURAL WALLS

NO WALLS 11
CANE/PALM/TRUNKS/BAMBOO 12
MUD 13
GRASS/REEDS/THATCH 14

RUDIMENTARY WALLS

BAMBOO WITH MUD 21
STONE WITH MUD 22
PLYWOOD 23
CARDBOARD 24
UNBURNT BRICK 25
RAW WOOD/REUSED WOOD 26

FINISHED WALLS

CEMENT/CONCRETE 31
STONE WITH LIME/CEMENT 32
BURNT BRICKS 33
CEMENT BLOCKS 34
WOOD PLANKS/SHINGLES 35
GI/METAL/ASBESTOS SHEETS 36

OTHER___(SPECIFY) 96
Categories
Value Category
376 Metal, unspecified
375 Corrugated asbestos
374 Iron or zinc sheets
292 Unburnt brick with cement
127 Animal dung
126 Hay with mud
241 Trunks with mud
000 No walls
100 NATURAL
110 Cane/palm/trunks/grass/sticks
111 Cane/palm/trunks
112 Cane/trunks
113 Cane/trunks/bamboo/reeds
114 Palm branches
115 Sticks
116 Shells
120 Earth/mud/dirt/dung
121 Unbaked brick, mud, or earth
122 Earth
123 Mud
124 Mud, dung
125 Dirt
130 Thatch/mat/leaves/straw/reeds
131 Grass
132 Thatch or straw
200 RUDIMENTARY
210 Bamboo with mud
211 Bamboo/wood with mud
212 Bamboo
220 Stone with mud
230 Rough wood
231 Plywood
232 Reused wood
233 Timber
234 Wood/metal planks
240 Poles and mud
250 Tin/cardboard/paper/bags
251 Cardboard
252 Carton
260 Uncovered adobe
270 Corrugated metal
280 Canvas/tent
300 FINISHED
310 Cement/concrete
311 Semi-dur (cement and sand blocks)
320 Bricks
321 Finished/burnt bricks
322 Burnt bricks with mud
323 Burnt bricks with cement
324 Sundried bricks
330 Cement blocks
340 Wood planks/shingles
341 Wood and grass
350 Stone
351 Stone with lime/cement
360 Covered adobe
370 Other finished
371 Metal or asbestos sheets
400 OTHER
998 Missing
996 Non-resident
290 Unburnt bricks
373 T-iron/wood/brick
372 Tin
377 Prefab
291 Unburnt brick and plaster
999 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
WALL (HV214) reports the main material of the outside walls of the dwelling. Response categories vary widely across surveys but fall into broad groups (i.e., natural materials, rudimentary processed materials, and finished materials). See Comparability.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Housing Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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