I. Characteristics of the housing unit

2. Roof: What material is most of the roof of this housing unit made of?

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:

2. Roofs
The question identifies the predominant basic material with which the roofs of the housing unit are constructed.

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The following image shows several examples of roofing materials; from left to right there are: asbestos sheeting, metal sheeting, and cardboard sheeting.

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In the following image, you can see other examples of roofing materials; from left to right there are: thatch, wood, tile, concrete slab, and roof with beams.

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Sheet metal includes galvanized, fiberglass, or plastic sheets.

The fiber cement sheet is a sheet made from cement, sand, and mineral or synthetic fibers.

If the answer is that the roof is tile, verify that it is the basic material and not the covering or decorative material.

Take into account that the waste material includes pieces of cardboard, rubber, tires, etc.

If they answer that the roof is constructed from two or more different materials, ask which covers the greater part. If they are in the same proportions, choose the first one that appears in the answer options.

The question ROOFS is presented in the census manager as follows:

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