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2001 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 2001
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BWA_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Toilet facility (BW2001A_TOILET)

Data file: BWA2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 193
End: 194
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
E15. What type of toilet facility is used by this household?</p>
<div class="i1"><span class="em">Own:</span></div><div class="i2">[] 1 Flush toilet<br />[] 2 Ventilated improved pit latrine (VIP)<br />[] 3 Pit latrine</div><div class="i1"><span class="em">Communal: </span></div><div class="i2">[] 4 Flush toilet <br />[] 5 VIP<br />[] 6 Pit latrine <br />[] 7 Neighbours' toilet<br />[] 8 None</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Own flush toilet
02 Own ventilated improved pit latrine
03 Own pit latrine
04 Communal flush toilet
05 Communal ventilated improved pit latrine
06 Communal pit latrine
07 Neighbours' toilet
08 None
98 Unknown
99 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
148. <span class="em">Column E16: Toilet facility</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Q: What type of toilet facility is used by this household?</span></p>

<p>Possible answers to this question are as follows:</p>

<p>Own:</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Flush toilet<br />[] 2 Ventilated Improved Pit latrine (VIP)<br />[] 3 Pit latrine</div><p>Communal:</p>
<div class="i1">[] 4 Flush toilet<br />[] 5 VIP<br />[] 6 Pit latrine<br />[] 7 Neighbours toilet<br />[] 8 None</div><p>An own 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 <span class="lang">lolwapa</span> is still own. They may share it with neighbouring household(s) by private arrangement. If the toilet facility is own, 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 or 6 as appropriate. Code 7 to be circled if the household uses a neighbours toilet.</p>

<p>If none of the above applies, meaning that the household either uses river or bush, circle 8.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of toilet facility used by this household.
Universe
Botswana 2001: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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