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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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National Institute of Statistics and Computing, IPUMS
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Water source in the dwelling (PE2017A_WATSRC)

Data file: PER2017_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 196
End: 197
Width: 2
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">6. Does the water used in the housing unit come mainly from:</span><div class="i1">(Read each alternative and fill in only one oval)<br /><br />[] 1 Public network inside the unit?<br />[] 2 Public network outside the unit, but inside the building?<br />[] 3 Fountain or basin for public use?<br />[] 4 Cistern-truck or similar?<br />[] 5 Well (groundwater)?<br />[] 6 Spring or pond?<br />[] 7 River, irrigation canal, lake, lagoon?<br />[] 8 Other? (specify) ________<br /><br />[If you fill in any number between 4 and 8, go to question 8]</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Public network inside the unit
02 Public network outside the unit, but inside the building
03 Fountain or basin for public use
04 Cistern-truck or similar
05 Well (groundwater)
06 Spring or pond
07 River, irrigation canal, lake, lagoon
08 Other
10 From neighbor
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
<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 6: Does the water used in the housing unit come mainly from: </span></p>

<p>If you fill in the oval of one of the options from 4 to 8, proceed to question 8. Otherwise, proceed to question 7.</p>

<p>In option 8, "other?", enter any type of origin not stated in the previous options, such as rainwater, melted snow, neighbor's public network.</p>

<p>Remember!</p>
<div class="i1">- If the housing unit is supplied by several water sources, please consider the most used one.<br /><br />- If the housing unit is supplied with ground water, stored in a well by the community and then distributed through a network of pipes to reach the housing units of the populated area, then fill in the oval of option 1, "public network inside the unit?".<br /><br />- If the housing unit has piped water service (through a private setup) and comes from the spring, fill in the oval of option 6, "spring or pond?", and proceed to question 8.</div>

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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