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National Census of Housing and Population 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 2012
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BOL_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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Main trash disposal (BO2012A_TRASH)

Data file: BOL2012_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 203
End: 203
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Chapter B. Main characteristics of the dwelling</span></p>

<p>16. What is the main way you dispose of trash?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Deposit it in the public trashcan or dumpster<br />[] 2 Use the public trash collection service (garbage truck)<br />[] 3 Throw it into a vacant lot or the street<br />[] 4 Throw it in a river<br />[] 5 Burn it<br />[] 6 Bury it<br />[] 7 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Deposit it in the public trashcan or dumpster
2 Use the public trash collection service (garbage truck)
3 Throw it into a vacant lot or the street
4 Throw it in the river
5 Burn it
6 Bury it
7 Other
9 NIU (not in universe)
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h2">Chapter B. Main characteristics of the dwelling</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">Disposing of trash</span>
<br /><span class="em">16. Disposal of trash</span>
<br />This refers to solid waste disposal. Mark the appropriate circle or bubble.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the household's main method of trash disposal.
Universe
Bolivia 2012: Private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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