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FLOOR (HV213)
Main material of floor
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Description

FLOOR (HV213) reports the main material of the floor of the dwelling. Response categories vary widely across surveys but fall into broad groups (i.e., natural materials, rudimentary processed materials, and finished materials). See Comparability.

Comparability

Along with universe differences, the response categories for FLOOR (HV213) vary across surveys. To accommodate this variation, IPUMS-DHS uses composite coding, where the first digit broadly distinguishes between natural materials (code 1), rudimentary processed materials (code 2), and finished materials (code 3). The second digit within these broad categories identifies a general subcategory (e.g., earth-based), and the third digit retains detail present in only some samples (e.g., sand).

The information in FLOOR is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.

Comparability - Standard DHS

FLOOR (HV213) is included in the Standard DHS household questionnaire beginning in phase 2.

Universe

  • Angola 2006: All women age 15-49.
  • Angola 2011: All women age 15-49.
  • Burkina Faso 2014: All women age 15-49.
  • Burkina Faso 2018: All women age 15-49.
  • Burundi 2012: All women age 15-49.
  • Cameroon 2022: All women age 15-49.
  • Ghana 2019: All women age 15-49.
  • Guinea 2021: All women age 15-49.
  • Kenya 2015: All women age 15-49.
  • Kenya 2020: All women age 15-49.
  • Liberia 2009: All women age 15-49.
  • Liberia 2011: All women age 15-49.
  • Liberia 2016: All women age 15-49.
  • Madagascar 2011: All women age 15-49.
  • Madagascar 2013: All women age 15-49.
  • Madagascar 2016: All women age 15-49.
  • Malawi 2012: All women age 15-49.
  • Malawi 2014: All women age 15-49.
  • Malawi 2017: All women age 15-49.
  • Mali 2015: All women age 15-49.
  • Mali 2021: All women age 15-49.
  • Mozambique 2018: All women age 15-49.
  • Niger 2021: All women age 15-49.
  • Nigeria 2010: All women age 15-49.
  • Nigeria 2015: All women age 15-49.
  • Nigeria 2021: All women age 15-49.
  • Rwanda 2013: All women age 15-49.
  • Rwanda 2017: All women age 15-49.
  • Senegal 2006: All women age 15-49.
  • Senegal 2008: All women age 15-49.
  • Senegal 2021: All women age 15-49.
  • Sierra Leone 2016: All women age 15-49.
  • Tanzania 2017: All women age 15-49.
  • Togo 2017: All women age 15-49.
  • Uganda 2009: All women age 15-49.
  • Uganda 2014: All women age 15-49.
  • Uganda 2018: All women age 15-49.
  • Afghanistan: 2015-W
  • Angola: 2006-W, 2006-C, 2006-H, 2011-W, 2011-C, 2011-H, 2015-W
  • Bangladesh: 1994-W, 1997-W, 2000-W, 2004-W, 2007-W, 2011-W, 2014-W
  • Benin: 2006-W, 2011-W, 2017-W
  • Burkina Faso: 2003-W, 2010-W, 2014-W, 2014-C, 2014-H, 2018-W, 2018-C, 2018-H
  • Burundi: 2010-W, 2012-W, 2012-C, 2012-H, 2016-W
  • Cameroon: 2022-W, 2022-C, 2022-H
  • Egypt: 1992-W, 1995-W, 2000-W, 2003-W, 2005-W, 2008-W, 2014-W
  • Eswatini (Swaziland): 2006-W
  • Ethiopia: 2005-W, 2011-W, 2016-W
  • Ghana: 2003-W, 2008-W, 2014-W, 2019-W, 2019-C, 2019-H
  • Guinea: 2005-W, 2018-W, 2021-W, 2021-C, 2021-H
  • India: 2005-W, 2015-W
  • Jordan: 1997-W, 2002-W, 2007-W, 2009-W, 2012-W, 2017-W
  • Kenya: 1998-W, 2003-W, 2008-W, 2014-W, 2015-W, 2015-C, 2015-H, 2020-W, 2020-C, 2020-H
  • Lesotho: 2009-W, 2014-W
  • Liberia: 2009-W, 2009-C, 2009-H, 2011-H, 2011-C, 2011-W, 2013-W, 2016-H, 2016-C, 2016-W
  • Madagascar: 2003-W, 2008-W, 2011-W, 2011-H, 2011-C, 2013-W, 2013-C, 2013-H, 2016-W, 2016-C, 2016-H
  • Malawi: 2000-W, 2004-W, 2010-W, 2012-H, 2012-C, 2012-W, 2014-W, 2014-C, 2014-H, 2016-W, 2017-W, 2017-C, 2017-H
  • Mali: 2001-W, 2006-W, 2012-W, 2015-W, 2015-C, 2015-H, 2018-W, 2021-W, 2021-C, 2021-H
  • Morocco: 1992-W, 2003-W
  • Mozambique: 2003-W, 2011-W, 2018-W, 2018-C, 2018-H
  • Myanmar: 2015-W
  • Namibia: 2006-W, 2013-W
  • Nepal: 2006-W, 2011-W, 2016-W
  • Niger: 2006-W, 2012-W, 2021-W, 2021-C, 2021-H
  • Nigeria: 2008-W, 2010-W, 2010-C, 2010-H, 2013-W, 2015-C, 2015-W, 2015-H, 2018-W, 2021-W, 2021-C, 2021-H
  • Pakistan: 2012-W, 2017-W
  • Rwanda: 2000-W, 2005-W, 2010-W, 2013-W, 2013-C, 2013-H, 2014-W, 2017-W, 2017-C, 2017-H
  • Senegal: 2005-W, 2006-H, 2006-C, 2006-W, 2008-C, 2008-H, 2008-W, 2010-W, 2012-W, 2014-W, 2015-W, 2016-W, 2017-W, 2021-W, 2021-C, 2021-H
  • Sierra Leone: 2016-H, 2016-C, 2016-W
  • South Africa: 2016-W
  • Tanzania: 2004-W, 2010-W, 2015-W, 2017-W, 2017-C, 2017-H
  • Togo: 1988-C, 1988-B, 2017-W, 2017-C, 2017-H
  • Uganda: 2001-W, 2006-W, 2009-H, 2009-C, 2009-W, 2011-W, 2014-W, 2014-H, 2014-C, 2016-W, 2018-W, 2018-C, 2018-H
  • Yemen: 2013-W
  • Zambia: 2007-W, 2013-W, 2018-W
  • Zimbabwe: 1994-W, 1999-W, 2005-W, 2010-W, 2015-W