General Census of Population and Housing (1988) - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988

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Reference ID

SEN_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Census Bureau, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Type of roof (SN1988A_ROOF)

Data file: SEN1988_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 183

End: 183

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="SN88A051">H6. Type of roof (head of household) <div class="i1">[] 1 Cement, concrete [] 2 Zinc sheets, tiles, slates [] 3 Straw, thatch [] 4 Other</div> </svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Cement, concrete
2	Zinc sheets, tiles, slates
3	Straw, thatch
4	Other
9	Unknown

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

<svar a="all" v="SN88A051">H7) Type of roof Circle the item corresponding to the prevailing type of material used for the roofs of the dwelling units inhabited by the household. Note: For item # 2, circle one of the three materials cited. For instance, if the prevailing material is "zinc" (iron sheets), fill in the question the following way: [An image of how to fill in the questions was removed] </svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the type of material used for the roof of the household dwelling unit(s).

Universe

Senegal 1988: All households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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