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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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Water supply (BW2001A_WATSUP)

Data file: BWA2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 191
End: 192
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
E14. What is the principal source of water supply for this household?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 01 Piped indoors<br />[] 02 Piped outdoors<br />[] 03 Communal tap<br />[] 04 Bouser/ tanker<br />[] 05 Well<br />[] 06 Borehole<br />[] 07 River/stream<br />[] 08 Dam/pan<br />[] 09 Rain water tank<br />[] 10 Spring water<br />[] Other (specify) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Piped indoors
02 Piped outdoors
03 Communal tap
04 Bounser or tanker
05 Well
06 Borehole
07 River or stream
08 Dam or pan
09 Rain water tank
10 Spring water
11 Other
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
147. <span class="em">Column E15: Principal Source of Water Supply</span></p>

<p><span class="em"> Q: What is the principal source of water supply for this household?</span></p>

<p>Circle the appropriate answer code for the principal source of water supply. If the particular source of water supply is not listed, write down the source under "Other (specify)". In cattle post areas, where people have to travel long distances to obtain water from a standpipe, indicate in the "Comments" column that it is a cattle post situation if the response is "standpipe".</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Piped indoors<br />[] 2 Piped outdoors<br />[] 3 Communal tap<br />[] 4 Bouser/tanker<br />[] 5 Well<br />[] 6 Borehole<br />[] 7 River/stream<br />[] 8 Dam/pan<br />[] 9 Rain water tank<br />[] 10 Spring water<br />[] Other (specify) ____</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the principal water supply for the household.
Universe
Botswana 2001: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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