5. Which is the predominate material of the roof of the dwelling? (VivDV01)
(Read the question and select the appropriate option according to the response)

• If it deals with a private unoccupied household, this module doesn't apply and the system returns to the list of addresses.
• If it deals with a collective occupied dwelling, the system displays below the questions regarding the people that habitually reside in the household.
• If it deals with a private dwelling and it is detected that it is occupied, the system displays the questions that will be presented below.

Which is the predominate material of the roof of the dwelling?

This question refers to the structural materials of the roof and not the ceiling. When it deals with constructions of more than one floor, it is appropriate to consider to material of the roof of the apartment.

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Concrete slabs or blocks with or without tiles: concrete slabs without considering whether or not there is some covering that protects it from humidity. In this category the concrete roofs with slabs of quincha as a decoration and insulator are included.

• Lightweight with ceiling: Roof of fiber cement, metal, or tile sheets supported by rafters and wood beams. It has a ceiling when there is an interior covering of espuma plast, wood, plaster, etc., placed with decorative or insulating ends.
• Lightweight without ceiling: Roof of fiber cement, metal, or tile sheets by rafters and wood beams without an interior covering.
• Quincha (mud and cane mixture, anti-seismic building material. Roof fabricated in base of a weaving of vegetable fibers, usually straw. This is the material of the roof of the traditional ranches).
• Waste materials: Materials used previously for objectives other than those of the construction of dwellings, or deteriorated materials (wood, sheets/plates, tin plates, sackcloth, etc.). In the constructions that use this kind of materials, its parts are generally loose and the joints open to wind and rain penetration

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• Other: This consists of materials that cannot be classified in any of the previous categories. The majority of the cases that are presented are covered in the previous categories, so that this option will only be used in very exceptional cases.