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1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1991
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BWA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Type of toilet facility (BW1991A_TOILET)

Data file: BWA1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 198
End: 198
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section E</span>
<br /><span class="em">[Housing]</span></p>

<p><span class="em">(Circle response)</span></p>

<p>11. Toilet</p>
<div class="i1">What type of toilet facility is used by this household?<br /><br />[] 1 Private flush toilet <br />[] 2 Private pit latrine <br />[] 3 Private neighbour's pit latrine <br />[] 4 Communal flush toilet <br />[] 5 Communal pit latrine <br />[] 6 Movable <br />[] 7 None</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Private flush toilet
2 Private pit latrine
3 Private neighbour's pit latrine
4 Communal flush toilet
5 Communal pit latrine
6 Movable
7 None
8 Unknown
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">Column E11: Toilet Facility </span></p>

<p>Possible answers to this question are as follows:</p>
<div class="i1">Private:<br />1 Flush toilet<br />2 Pit latrine<br />3 Neighbour's Pit latrine<br /><br />Communal:<br />4 Flush toilet<br />5 Pit latrine<br />6 Movable<br />7 None</div><p>A private toilet/latrine is one which has been built by a private household for its use. A toilet/latrine which is used by more than one household in the lolwapa is still private. They may
<br /><span class="pg">[p.52]</span>
<br />share it with neighbouring household(s) by private arrangement. If the toilet facility is private, circle 1, 2 or 3 as appropriate.</p>

<p>A communal toilet/latrine is one which has been built by the community or local authorities for use by members of the public. If the toilet facility is communal, circle 4 or 5 as appropriate. A movable toilet is a temporary and portable toilet facility often found on construction sites.</p>

<p>If none of the above applies, meaning that the household either uses river or bush, circle 7.</p>

<p>In the sample questionnaire in paragraph 139, the household gets its water from a well and they use a pit latrine. Code 4 is circled in column E10 and code 2 is circled in column E11.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of toilet facility used by the household.
Universe
Botswana 1991: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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