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2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2015
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SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
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Distance to nearest primary school (SL2015A_DISTSCHL)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 236
End: 236
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions H01, H06, and H07 were asked of all people. The rest of the questions in section III were recorded only for respondent's whose indicated type of residence was occupied housing units in question I15]</p>

<p>What is the distance from this household to the nearest? [Questions H17-H19]</p>

<p>H18. Primary school</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1. Within compound<br />[] 2. Less than 0.5 mile<br />[] 3. 0.5 mile but less than 1 mile<br />[] 4. 1 to less than 5 miles<br />[] 5. Five miles or more<br />[] 6. Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Within compound
2 Less than half a mile
3 Between half a mile and less than one mile
4 Between one mile and less than five miles
5 Five miles or more
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3"> Section 3: Housing facilities </span></p>

<p>186. Columns H01 to H19 relate to specific questions concerning the household. They are questions that relate to the household as a whole and not to individual members.</p>

<p><span class="em">H17 -- H19 Distance from home to the nearest facility</span>
<br />Ask for the distance from the household to the nearest health facility, Primary school and source of water. Record the appropriate response.</p>

<p><span class="em">H18 -- Primary school</span>
<br />206. Ask, 'what is the distance from your house to the nearest primary school?'
<br />You may have to ask for the location of the school in certain cases in order to visualize the distance and get as accurate an answer as possible. Note that the nearest school might be different from the school the kids in the household are attending. Record the appropriate code provided in the column H18.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the distance to the nearest primary school from the household.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Occupied private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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