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National Censuses 2017: 12th Population Census, 7th Housing Census, 3rd Indigenous Communities Census, and 1st Farmer Communities Census - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 2017
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PER_2017_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Pay for water service (PE2017A_PAYWAT)

Data file: PER2017_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 204
End: 204
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section II. Characteristics and services of the housing unit (continued)</span></p>

<p><span class="em">8. Do you pay for water service?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No -- Go to question 10</div>
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Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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="h1">5. Chapter 5: Specific instructions to fill out Section II: Characteristics and services of the housing unit</span>
<br />If there is more than one household in the housing unit, please fill in Section II, "Characteristics and services of the housing unit" for the main household only.</p>

<p><span class="h3">Question 8: Do you pay for water service? </span></p>

<p>If the respondent answers that they do not pay for water service, fill in the oval in option 2, "no", and proceed to question 10.</p>

<p>If the respondent answers that the payment for the water service is included in the rent or in the maintenance payment when living in a building or housing complex, then consider that they pay for the service.</p>

<p>If the water they use comes from a well (groundwater), spring, river, irrigation canal, lake or pond, is carried by buckets or similar devices to the housing unit and no payment is made, then fill in the oval of option 2, "no".</p>

<p>Payment for water service This is the monetary payment that is made periodically for
<br />water service operative charges; this may include the maintenance of the public network.

Description

Universe
Peru 2017: Private occupied dwellings with persons present [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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