I. Characteristics of the housing unit

3. Floors: What material are most of the floors 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:

3. Floors
The question allows us to know the predominant floor covering material in the housing unit.

Soil is recorded when most of the housing unit has no floor covering it.

The floor is recorded as cement or firm when most of the housing unit floor s covered with a mixture of gravel, sand, and cement. It is also known as concrete.

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The option of wood, mosaic, or other coating includes marble, ceramic, laminate, hardwood, and parquet floor.

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Consider carpet in this option as long as it is installed over a concrete base or overlay, and covers most of the surface; if it is just on top, as a decorative element, register the material underneath.

If they answer that some rooms in the housing unit have floors from two or more different materials, ask for the one covering the largest part; if they are in the same proportions, register the one that appears first in the answer options.

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

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