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2008 National Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 2008
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LBR_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), IPUMS
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Main source of drinking water (LR2008A_WATSUP)

Data file: LBR2008_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 159
End: 159
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">H07. What is your main source of water supply for drinking?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Pipe or pump indoors<br />[] 2 Pipe or pump outdoors<br />[] 3 Public tap<br />[] 4 Closed well or closed spring<br />[] 5 Open well or spring<br />[] 6 River, lake or stream<br />[] 7 Water vendors<br />[] 8 Other (specify)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Pipe or pump indoors
2 Pipe or pump out doors
3 Public tap
4 Closed well or protected spring
5 Open well
6 River, lake or spring
7 Water vendors
8 Other
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
This variable indicates the household's main source of drinking water.
Universe
Liberia 2008: All households

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