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X Population Census and V Housing Census of 1994 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1994
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Reference ID
GTM_1994_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
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Predominant material of the walls (GT1994A_WALLS)

Data file: GTM1994_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 191
End: 191
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">II. Characteristics of the place of habitation</span></p>

<p><span class="em">3. Material of exterior walls</span><div class="i1">Predominant material of the walls:<br /><br />[] 1 Brick<br />[] 2 Cinder block<br />[] 3 Concrete<br />[] 4 Adobe<br />[] 5 Wood<br />[] 6 Metal sheeting<br />[] 7 Cane and mud (<span class="lang">bajareque</span>)<br />[] 8 <span class="lang">Lepa</span>, sticks or cane<br />[] 9 Other (specify) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Brick
2 Block
3 Concrete
4 Adobe
5 Wood
6 Metal sheeting
7 Mud and sticks
8 Bark, sticks or cane
9 Other wall material
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
This variable indicates the predominant material used in constructing the walls.
Universe
Guatemala 1994: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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