Third General Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2005

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CMR_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, IPUMS

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Waste water disposal (CM2005A_SEWER)

Data file: CMR2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 219

End: 219

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CM05A091">57. Waste water disposal provisions<br /><div class="i1">[] Septic tanks<br />[] Courtyard<br />[] Roadside<br />[] Bush<br />[] River or stream<br />[] Other</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Septic tank
2	Courtyard
3	Roadside
4	Bush
5	River or stream
6	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

<svar a="all" v="CM05A091"><span class="em">57. Mode of evacuating used water</span><br />The codes of the terms for this variable are:<br /><div class="i1">1-septic pit<br />2-courtyard<br />3-street<br />4-bushes<br />5-river/stream<br />6-other to specify</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">Q. Where do you dump used water?<br />-Mark in the proper space the code corresponding to the response provided.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the type of waste water disposal in the household.

Universe

Cameroon 2005: Ordinary households [discrepancies: type I trace, type II none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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