General Household Survey, 2009-10 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2010

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Reference ID

NGA_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

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Distance to water source (NG2009A_WATDIST)

Data file: NGA2009_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 193

End: 193

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

13. Distance to source of water</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 In dwelling<br />[] 2 Within 500m<br />[] 3 500m-1km<br />[] 4 1km or more</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Inside dwelling
2	Less than 500 meters
3	Between 500 meters and 1 kilometer
4	1 kilometer or more
9	Unknown

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 distance between the dwelling and the main source of water for drinking and cooking.

Universe

Nigeria 2009: All households

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Concept

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