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XI Population Census and VI Housing Census of 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 2002
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GTM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Water service (GT2002A_WATSRC)

Data file: GTM2002_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 194
End: 194
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Chapter IV. Habitation situation of the household</span></p>

<p>[Questions 1 to 4 are asked of all dwellings]</p>

<p><span class="em">2. What type of water service is available regularly in this dwelling?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Running water for exclusive use<br />[] 2 Running water for various households<br />[] 3 Public tap (outside the habitation)<br />[] 4 Well<br />[] 5 Truck or barrel<br />[] 6 River, lake or spring<br />[] 7 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Faucet with exclusive use
2 Faucet with shared use
3 Public faucet (away from the premises)
4 Well
5 Truck or barrel
6 River, lake,or spring
7 Other
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="h3">Section 4: Household housing status</span></p>

<p>The information you record in this section is for each household in a dwelling.</p>

<p><span class="em">2. Water facilities</span>
<br />Ask, "What type of water facilities are regularly available in the household?"</p>

<p>[A graphic of question 2, from section 4 of the census form, is included here.]</p>

<p>- Determine whether the household has a tap for its exclusive use.</p>

<p>- The option "tap for several households" refers to a tap located within the dwelling which is for use by two or more households.</p>

<p>- The option "public tap" refers to a tap located outside the dwelling in the street or alley, on the sidewalk or in the park, and for communal use.</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 44]</span></p>

<p>- If the water is delivered determine if it is from a well, river, lake or spring, or a truck or barrel.</p>

<p>-The "other" option is for households that are supplied with water by means other than those in the previous options.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the source of water used by the household.
Universe
Guatemala 2002: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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