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2011 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 2011
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BWA_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Water supply (BW2011A_WATER)

Data file: BWA2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 206
End: 207
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">E. Household Information</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Housing unit</span></p>

<p>Water supply
<br />14. What is the principal water supply for this household?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 01 Piped indoors<br />[] 02 Piped outdoors<br />[] 03 Neighbor's tap<br />[] 04 Communal tap<br />[] 05 Bouser / tanker<br />[] 06 Well<br />[] 07 Borehole<br />[] 08 River / stream<br />[] 09 Dam / pan<br />[] 10 Rain water tank<br />[] 11 Spring water<br />[] Other (specify) ________</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Piped inside
02 Piped outside
03 Neighbor's tap
04 Communal tap
05 Bouser or tanker
06 Well
07 Borehole
08 River or stream
09 Dam or pan
10 Rain water tank
98 Other
99 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
194. Column E14: Principal water supply
<br />Q. What is the principal water supply for this household?
<br />Circle the appropriate answer code for the principal source of water supply. If the particular source of water supply is not listed, write down the source under "Other (specify)". In cattle post areas, where people have to travel long distances to obtain water from a communal tap, indicate in the "Comments" column that it is a cattle post situation if the response is "communal tap".</p>
<div class="i1">1. Piped indoors<br />2. Piped outdoors<br />3. Neighbor's tap<br />4. Communal tap<br />5. Bouser/tanker<br />6. Well<br />7. Borehole<br />8. River/stream<br />9. Dam/Pan<br />10. Rain water tank<br />11. Spring water<br />12. Other (specify)</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the principal water supply for the household.
Universe
Botswana 2011: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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