National Population and Housing Census 1978 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 1978

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POL_1978_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Sink or washbasin (PL1978A_SINK)

Data file: POL1978_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 137

End: 137

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

6. Sink or washbasin</p>
<div class="i1">[] Inhabitants use piped water facilities for sink or basin</div><div class="i2">Within dwelling</div><div class="i3">Facilities connected:<br />[] 1 To the public water supply system<br />[] 2 To local system</div><div class="i2">Outside dwelling, but within the building</div><div class="i3">[] 3 As above in point 1<br />[] 4 As above in point 2</div><div class="i1">[] 0 There is no access to sink or washbasin in dwelling nor in building</div>

Categories

Value	Category
	There is no access to sink or washbasin in dwelling nor in building
1	Connected to public system, within dwelling
2	Connected to the local system, within dwelling
3	Connected to public system, within the building
4	Connected to the local system, within the building
8	Unknown
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.

Description

Definition

The variable indicates whether there is a sink or washbasin within the dwelling, and what type of facilities the sink or washbasin is connected to.

Universe

Poland 1978: Private dwellings excluding provisional or mobile housing [discrepancies: type I 0.1%, type II trace]

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