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VI Censo Nacional de Población y II de Vivienda 1963 - IPUMS Subset

Costa Rica, 1963
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Reference ID
CRI_1963_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Wall material (CR1963A_0014)

Data file: CRI1963-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 133
End: 133
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 6
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
2. Predominant material in the walls

(mark only one box)

[] 1 Wood
[] 2 Concrete
[] 3 Metal sheet
[] 4 Adobe and cane with earth covered with a cement cap (bahareque)
[] 9 Other (specify) ____
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Wood
2 Concrete
3 Metal sheet
4 Adobe
5 Straw
6 Other
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
Box No. 2.- Predominant Material in the Walls

You should mark an "X" in the respective box, asking for the material which in the largest proportion has been used in the construction of the walls.


Wood- Wood of any kind

Concrete- Brick, cement blocks, water proof cement, mixed brick, stone, reinforced concrete, cement, or any other natural or artificial stone material.

Metal Sheet - Wood with metal wire screen and plaster.

Adobe and bahareque - cane with earth covered with a cement cap (french bahareque), Mud blocks in wooden beams and mixed with smashed brick (filled bahareque), Blocks of earth (adobe).

Other- Specify when using this space, writing down for example: palm, straw, etc.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the material in the dwelling's walls.
Universe
Private dwellings

concept

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