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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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Refuse disposal (BW2001A_TRASH)

Data file: BWA2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 201
End: 201
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
E19. How does this household dispose off its refuse/rubbish?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Regularly collected<br />[] 2 Irregularly collected<br />[] 3 Incinerated<br />[] 4 Roadside dumping<br />[] 5 Rubbish pit<br />[] Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Regularly collected
2 Irregularly collected
3 Incinerated
4 Roadside dumping
5 Rubbish pit
6 Other
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
151a. <span class="em">Column E20: Refuse Disposal</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Q: How does this household dispose off its refuse/rubbish?</span></p>

<p>Find out the method used by the household to get rid of waists or rubbish. If the household uses more than one method ask for the one they regard to be the main or the one most often used. Only one code should be circled among the following:</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Regularly collected<br />[] 2 Irregularly collected<br />[] 3 Incinerated<br />[] 4 Roadside dumping<br />[] 5 Rubbish pit<br />[] 6 Other</div><p>If the method used is not among the ones above, circle other and write down that method in the space below the codes.</p>

<p><span class="ital">Example: The coding in the questionnaire portion below shows that the household depend on the pipe outside house for their water supply and have their own flush toilet. The household uses paraffin, gas and wood for lighting, cooking and heating according to the codes in E17, E18 and E19. The rubbish from the household is regularly collected where there is an arrangement like in towns where the town council collects the rubbish regularly.</span>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main method used by the household for refuse disposal.
Universe
Botswana 2001: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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