VI National Population and Housing Census, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981

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Reference ID

DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS

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Dec 22, 2014

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Waste removal (DO1981A_TRASH)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 222

End: 222

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

21. Waste</p>
<div class="i1">How is garbage removed from the dwelling?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 The city council picks it up<br />[] 2 Another institution picks it up<br />[] 3 Thrown in the yard or in another place<br />[] 4 Incinerated<br />[] 9 Other form</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Collected by city council
2	Collected by another institution
3	Thrown in the yard or other place
4	Incinerated
5	Other method
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

<span class="em">Question 21: Garbage</span></p>

<p><span class="em">How is the garbage eliminated from this dwelling?</span></p>

<p>The alternatives are read and the circle corresponding to the answer given is filled in.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates how waste is removed from the dwelling.

Universe

Dominican Republic 1981: Primary household in occupied dwellings [discrepanices: type I trace; type II trace]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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