1986 Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Fiji, 1986

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FJI_1986_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Fiji Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

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Water supply system (FJ1986A_WATSUP)

Data file: FJI1986_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 174

End: 174

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="FJ86A034">4. Water supply<br /><div class="i1">Is the household's water:</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Metered<br />[] 2 From a communal standpipe<br />[] 3 Rooftank<br />[] 4 Borehole<br />[] 5 Well<br />[] 6 River or creek<br />[] 7 Other, specify</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Metered
2	Communal
3	Roof tank
4	Borehole
5	Well
6	River
7	Other
8	Unknown

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="FJ86A034 FJ86A035 "><span class="em">Question 4 - Water supply</span><br /><br />208. We are concerned with the supply on which the household mainly relies -- from which the household gets its water for most of the time.<br /><br />209. 'Drying up' does not include occasional failures by a municipal or communal piped water system.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the main water supply system.

Universe

Fiji 1986: All households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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