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

India, 2015 - 2016
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Reference ID
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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Aug 15, 2018
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Main material of floor (C_FLOOR)

Data file: IND2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 464
End: 466
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
42) MAIN MATERIAL OF THE FLOOR. RECORD OBSERVATION.

NATURAL FLOOR

MUD/CLAY/EARTH 11
SAND 12
DUNG 13

RUDIMENTARY FLOOR

RAW WOOD PLANKS 21
PALM/BAMBOO 22
BRICK 23
STONE 24

FINISHED FLOOR

PARQUET OR POLISHED WOOD 31
VINYL OR ASPHALT 32
CERAMIC TILES 33
CEMENT 34
CARPET 35
POLISHED STONE/MARBLE/GRANITE 36

OTHER____(SPECIFY) 96
Categories
Value Category
116 Mud and hay
999 NIU (not in universe)
391 Plaster
996 Non-resident
100 NATURAL
110 Earth-based
111 Earth, sand
112 Earth, mud
113 Earth, mud, clay
114 Sand
115 Dirt/Earth
120 Dung-based
121 Dung
122 Earth and dung
123 Mud, dung, sand
200 RUDIMENTARY
210 Wood
211 Wood planks
212 Wood and tile
213 Wood/palm/bamboo
220 Palm/bamboo
221 Palm/bamboo/leaves
230 Other rudimentary
231 Broken bricks
232 Adobe
233 Unfinished stone
300 FINISHED
310 Parquet/polished wood
311 Polished wood/vinyl/tiles
320 Vinyl/asphalt strips/linoleum
321 Linoleum
330 Tiles/mosaic
331 Ceramic tiles
332 Cement tiles
333 Ceramic/terrazo tiles
334 Ceramic/marble tiles
335 Tiles/brick
340 Cement/concrete
350 Carpet
360 Terrazzo
370 Stone
380 Bricks
390 Other finished
400 OTHER
997 Don't know
998 Missing
322 Vinyl
351 Mat
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
FLOOR (HV213) reports the main material of the floor 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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