I. Characteristics of the housing unit
1. Walls: What material are most of the walls of this housing unit made of?
Circle one code only
[] 1. Waste material
[] 2. Cardboard sheets
[] 3. Asbestos or metal sheets
[] 4. Reed, bamboo, or palm
[] 5. Daub or bahareque
[] 6. Wood
[] 7. Adobe bricks
[] 8. Partition, bricks, blocks, stone, quarry stone, cement, or concrete
15. Extended questionnaire
This section of the questionnaire contains the questions you must apply in the households you have registered as: Single house on the land, house sharing land with other(s); duplex house; apartment in a building; housing unit in neighborhood or tenement and housing unit in the rooftop room of a building. That is, with classes 1 to 6 of private housing unit class.
15.1 Section I. Characteristics of the housing unit
The questions cover the following topics:
I. Construction features
II. Use of space.
III. Cooking conditions.
IV. Electricity.
V. Access to water.
VI. Equipment.
VII. Sanitary installations and sanitation.
VIII. Garbage.
IX. Goods and ICT.
X. Tenure and acquisition of housing.
I. Construction features
1. Walls
The question identifies the predominant basic material with which the walls of the housing unit are constructed.
Take into account that the waste material includes pieces of cardboard, rubber, tires, etc.
The option partition wall, brick, block, stone, quarry, cement or concrete "includes the walls from prefabricated materials; for example, panels that are based on cement or concrete.
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If the walls are made from two or more different materials, ask for the predominant one; if they are in the same proportions, choose the first one that appears in the answer options.
The following image shows some examples of wall material; from left to right we can see: two images of waste material, cardboard sheeting, metal sheeting, palm, and bajareque.
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The walls question is presented in the Census Manager as follows:
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