SES Combined socio-economic data
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DDI-MWI-MEIRU-SES-2007-v01b
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Type of construction of best dwelling in household: walls (S) (walls)
Data file: combined_ses_hh
Overview
Valid:
41713
Invalid:
17546
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
94
End:
95
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Other | 82 |
0.2%
|
| 1 | Burnt brick | 28034 |
67.2%
|
| 2 | Unburnt brick | 2875 |
6.9%
|
| 3 | Pounded thick mud | 2525 |
6.1%
|
| 4 | Plastered thin mud | 7296 |
17.5%
|
| 5 | Bamboo | 623 |
1.5%
|
| 6 | Grass or no walls | 129 |
0.3%
|
| 7 | Iron sheets | 45 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | Concrete blocks | 102 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | other | 2 |
0%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 0 | |
| Sysmiss | 17546 |
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
Type of construction of best dwelling in household: walls
Imputation and derivation
Derivation
variable: walls (table[s]: css_seh, gp_gphhold)