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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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Type of trash disposal (SL2015A_TRASH)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 221
End: 221
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>H09. How do you dispose of rubbish?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1. Collected<br />[] 2. Dumped anywhere<br />[] 3. Burnt<br />[] 4. Buried<br />[] 5. Deposited in bin<br />[] 6. Other ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Collected
2 Dumped anywhere
3 Burnt
4 Buried
5 Deposited in bin
6 Other
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">H09 -- Disposal of household refuse</span>
<br />195. Ask, 'how do you dispose of household refuse'? Record only one code from the list provided, i.e. the code of the most commonly used method.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the method of trash disposal from the household.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Occupied private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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