1987 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1987

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MWI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Toilet, first dwelling (MW1987A_TOILET1)

Data file: MWI1987_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 139

End: 139

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<svar a="all" v="MW87A036 MW87A052 MW87A068 MW87A084">Toilet<br /><div class="i1">Flush toilet:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Exclusive<br />[] 2 Shared</div><br /><div class="i1">Pit latrine:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 3 Exclusive<br />[] 4 Shared</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 5 Bucket<br />[] 6 None</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Flush toilet, exclusive
2	Flush toilet, shared
3	Pit latrine, exclusive
4	Pit latrine, shared
5	Bucket
6	None
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.

Description

Definition

This variable records whether there is a toilet in the first dwelling.

Universe

Malawi 1987: Private households [discrepancies: none]

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