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VII Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico de 1960. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1960
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BRA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Servico Nacional de Recenseamento. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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Sewage (BR1960A_SEWAGE)

Data file: BRA1960_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 123
End: 123
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BR60A009"><span class="h3">F. Sewage installations</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 24 sewage system<br />[] 25 septic tank<br />[] 26 rudimentary septic tank<br />[] 27 other drainage<br />[] 28 don't have</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
4 Sewer system
5 Septic tank
6 Rudimentary cesspool
7 Other drainage
8 Don't have
9 Unknown
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
<svar a="all" v="BR60A009"><span class="h3">Question F - Sewage disposal</span><br /><br />This question identifies whether the dwelling has sewage disposal facilities or not, and asks those who do have such facilities what type of outlet system they are connected to, classified as:<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Sewer system</span> - when the dwelling's toilet is connected to a general sewage collecting system;<br /><span class="em">Septic tank</span> - when the toilet is connected to a septic tank, even if it serves more than one dwelling;<br /><span class="em">Rudimentary latrine</span> - when there is no toilet and the dwelling is served by a simple latrine;<br />Other sewage outlet - when sewage facilities (whether or not there is a toilet) are connected to a sewage outlet which is neither a sewer system, a cesspool, a septic tank or a latrine, such as a river, lake, etc.;<br /><span class="em">Does not have</span> - when the dwelling does not have any kind of sewage disposal facilities or when its occupants use facilities common to more than one dwelling.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the household has access to sewage system or septic tank.
Universe
Brazil 1960: Not group quarters, not improvised dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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