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National Population and Housing Census 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Honduras, 1988
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HND_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Sanitary services (HN1988A_TOILET)

Data file: HND1988_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 222
End: 222
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Chapter II Dwelling Information</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="HN88A033"><span class="em">12. What type of toilet service does the dwelling have?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Toilet connected to the sewer system<br />[] 2 Toilet connected to a septic tank<br />[] 3 Hydraulic latrine<br />[] 4 Simple pit latrine<br />[] 5 None (skip to question 14)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Toilet connected to a sewer system
2 Toilet connected to a septic tank
3 Hydraulic or close latrine
4 Simple pit latrine
5 None
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">12. What type of toilet service does the dwelling have?</span>
<br /><span class="ital">Toilet connected to sewer system</span>: It is s a toilet connected to a sewer system, whose waste goes into the sewer.</p>

<p><span class="ital">Toilet connected to a septic tank</span>: It is a toilet connected to a cement tank that is connected to a drainage area.</p>

<p><span class="ital">Latrine with a hydraulic flush</span>: It is a toilet connected to a drain where the waste is washed away with a current of water or with buckets.</p>

<p><span class="ital">Latrine with a simple hole</span>: It is a hole, more or less deep, over which a cement or wooden toilet is constructed.</p>

<p>[Four graphics, related to this question, illustrate the types of toilet service]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the household has a sanitary service and its type.
Universe
Honduras 1988: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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