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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2014
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KEN_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and ICF International., 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 roof (H_ROOF)

Data file: KEN2014-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 240
End: 242
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
115) MAIN MATERIAL OF THE ROOF. RECORD OBSERVATION.

NATURAL ROOFING

NO ROOF 11
THATCH/GRASS/MAKUTI 12
DUNG/MUD/SOD 13

RUDIMENTARY ROOFING

IRON SHEETS 21
TIN CANS 22

FINISHED ROOFING

ASBESTOS SHEET 31
CONCRETE 32
TILES 33

OTHER________ 96
Categories
Value Category
126 Mud and hay
118 Sticks/sticks with mud or dung
333 Reinforced brick cement
996 Non-resident
000 No roof
100 NATURAL
110 Thatch/palm leaf/grass/makuti
111 Thatch/palm leaf
112 Grass, thatch
113 Grass, thatch, makuti
114 Thatch
115 Thatch/mat/leaves
116 Leaves
117 Grass/leaves/mud
120 Earth
121 Mud
122 Dung, mud
123 Earth, mud
124 Sod
125 Sod/mud and grass mixture
130 Straw
200 RUDIMENTARY
210 Rustic mat
211 Rustic mat, plastic sheets
220 Plastic/polythene sheet
230 Palm/bamboo
231 Palm, bamboo, grass
232 Reed, bamboo
240 Wood planks
241 Wooden tiles, planks
242 Wood, mulch
250 Cardboard
260 Rudimentary - metal
261 Tin cans
262 Iron sheets
270 Other rudimentary
271 Mobile roofs of nomads
272 Skin
300 FINISHED
310 Metal
311 Metal, zinc
312 Corrugated metal sheet, asbestos
313 Corrugated iron
314 Tin
315 Asbetos
320 Wood
330 Cement/concrete
331 Cement
332 Concrete
340 Tiles
341 Ceramic tiles
342 Iron and tiles
343 Tiles/slate
344 Mud tiles
345 Ceramic tiles, harvey (steel) tiles
350 Cement fiber
351 Calamine/cement fiber
352 Asbestos, cement fiber
353 Zinc/cement fiber
360 Roofing shingles
370 Bricks
371 Unburnt bricks
372 Burnt brick
380 Stone
381 Loosely packed stone
382 Stone slabs
383 Slate
400 OTHER
998 Missing
273 Waste materials
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
ROOF (HV215) reports the main material of the roof 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.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Housing Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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