Sexto Censo de Población y Segundo de Vivienda de Panamá 1960 - IPUMS Subset

Panama, 1960

Reference ID

PAN_1960_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo, Departamento de Censos, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Apr 22, 2011

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Apr 24, 2018

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Walls (PA1960A_0040)

Data file: PAN1960-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 143

End: 143

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Get data for questions 2 - 14 only for an occupied dwelling

2. Predominant material in the exterior walls of the building:

[] 1 Cement block, brick, stone
[] 2 Wood
[] 3 Clay-covered plant fiber (quincha), adobe
[] 4 Straw, palm leaves, cane
[] 5 Other (zinc, cardboard, etc.)

Categories

Value	Category
1	Cement block
2	Wood
3	Clay-covered plant fiber, adobe
4	Straw, palm leaves, cane
5	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

Question 2 Predominant material in the exterior walls of the building:

Mark the corresponding box taking into account:

a) This question refers to the building. The building and the dwelling coincide when it concerns a private house. In the cases of room(s) in a block of tenements and in apartments, the building contains many dwellings.
b) The predominant material is what the greatest part of the walls of the building is made from.

[The instructions refer to a graphic of question 2 of the census form.]

In the case of shacks without walls, mark box 5 and make the corresponding observation.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the wall material of the dwelling.

Universe

Occupied private households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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