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Censos 2011: XV Receseamento Geral da População; V Receseamento Geral da Habitação - IPUMS Subset

Portugal, 2011
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PRT_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), IPUMS
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Sewage disposal system (PT2011A_SEWAGE)

Data file: PRT2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 167
End: 167
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Dwelling questionnaire</span></p>

<p>[Questions 1 through 17 were asked of persons living in housing units as the place of their usual residence, according to question II]</p>

<p><span class="em">5. Does the dwelling have a sewage disposal system?:</span><div class="i1">Only the permanent installation enabling the evacuation of waste water to the exterior of the dwelling is considered as a sewage disposal system.<br />[] 1 Yes, connected to the public sewage system<br />[] 2 Yes, connected to a private sewage system (septic tank,...)<br />[] 3 Yes, other type (open septic tank, ditch,...)<br />[] 4 No sewage disposal system available</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Sewage disposal system connected to the public sewage system
2 Sewage disposal system connected to a private sewage system
3 Sewage disposal system - other type
4 No sewage disposal system available
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">7.2.2.1. Filling out the Single Dwelling questionnaire</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 5 - Does the dwelling have a sewage disposal system?</span>
<br />[There is an image of box for question 5]
<br />Sewage disposal system refers to all permanent fixtures that allow residual water to be evacuated from a dwelling to the outside.
<br /><span class="em">Public sewage system </span>- public sewage system occurs in cases where a disposal system collects all of the sewage and channels it through a central drainage pipe.
<br /><span class="pg">[p. 93]</span>
<br /><span class="em">Private sewage system (septic tank,...) </span>- a septic tank is a specially designed receptacle that by means of appropriate piping, receives the wastewater from one or more dwellings with specific sterilization processes.
<br /><span class="em">Other type (open septic tank, ditch,...) </span>- wastewaters are disposed of in an open septic tank, ditch, creek, etc?

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the sewage disposal system available to the household.
Universe
Portugal 2011: Private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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