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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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Source of drinking water (CM2005A_WATSRC)

Data file: CMR2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 217
End: 218
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CM05A090">56. Main source of drinking water<br /><div class="i1">[] Interior tap<br />[] Exterior tap<br />[] Constructed well<br />[] Non-constructed well<br />[] Paying public tap<br />[] River or stream<br />[] Borelide<br />[] Mineral water<br />[] Developed spring<br />[] Undeveloped spring<br />[] Lake, pond, marsh<br />[] Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Interior tap
02 Exterior tap
03 Constructed well
04 Natural well
05 Paying public tap
06 River or stream
07 Borelide
08 Mineral water
09 Developped spring
10 Undevelopped spring
11 Lake/pond/marsh
12 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
<svar a="all" v="CM05A090"><span class="em">56. Main source of drinking water.</span><br />The codes of the terms for this variable are:<br /><div class="i1">01-Interior faucet<br />02-exterior faucet<br />03-Fixed up well<br />04-Simple well<br />05-Paid public fountain<br />06-stream/river/marshland<br />07-drilling<br />08-mineral water<br />09-fixed up spring<br />10-Simple spring<br />11-lake/pond/swamp<br />12-other to specify</div><br /><br />NB: Ask for the origins of the water purchased and record the appropriate term.<br /><br /><div class="i1">Q. Where do you get your drinking water from?<br />-Mark in the proper space the code corresponding to the response provided.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the source of drinking water.
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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