National Population and Housing Census 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Argentina, 1980

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Reference ID

ARG_1980_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Argentine National institute of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Apr 20, 2011

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Outer covering of the roof (AR1980A_0038)

Data file: ARG1980-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 148

End: 148

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

B. Dwelling

4. Principle construction materials

A. The floors:

[] Tile or similar
[] Wood
[] Cement or permanent brick
[] Dirt
[] Other (loose brick, discarded materials, etc.)

Categories

Value	Category
1	Tile, cement, or asphalt
2	Metal sheeting
3	Tiles
4	Cement/fiber sheeting
5	Wood
6	Other
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

B. Dwelling

It is any housing fixed or mobile that has been built or adapted for housing persons. A house, apartment, trailer, tenant room, shack, hospital, and a room are all considered dwellings.

4. Predominant Material in the Construction: You will specify the predominant material employed in the construction of the floors, walls and roofs.
In case of doubt, you will consult with the occupants of the dwelling.

If in a section of the construction more than one material exists, you will only make reference to that used in the largest proportion. For example: If the roof is ¼ covered asphalt and ¾ metal sheets, only mark "metal sheets".

a) Of the floors: You will indicate the material that predominates, considering all the floors of the dwelling.

[The instructions refer to a graphic of the census form.]

b) Of the outside walls: Follow the instructions from part a).

[The instructions refer to a graphic of the census form.]

c) Of the outside cover of the roof: In constructions of more than one floor, you will indicate the covering that corresponds to the top floor only.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the predominant material used in the outer covering of the dwelling's roof.

Universe

Private dwellings

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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