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II Housing Census and VII Population Census of 1964 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1964
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GTM_1964_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Type of drain (GT1964A_SEWAGE)

Data file: GTM1964_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 197
End: 197
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">VII. Housing services and amenities</span>
<br />[Mark only one box in each division]</p>

<p><span class="em">Sanitary services</span></p>

<p>28. Type of drain (for the sanitary service)</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 A municipal sewer system<br />[] 2 A septic tank<br />[] 3 Above ground, exposed</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 To a municipal sewer system
2 To a septic tank
3 Above ground, exposed
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of drain of the dwelling.
Universe
Guatemala 1964: Households with toilet or washable latrine [discrepancies: type I 0.2%, type II 0.2%]

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