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2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2000
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GHA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, IPUMS
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Bathing facilities (GH2000A_BATH)

Data file: GHA2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 227
End: 228
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="GH00A058">H13 Bathing facilities: What type of bathing facility is used by this household?<br /><div class="i1">[] 01 Own bathroom in quarters for exclusive use by household members<br />[] 02 A shared separate bathroom<br />[] 03 A private open cubicle<br />[] 04 A shared open cubicle<br />[] 05 Public bath house<br />[] 06 Bathroom in another house<br />[] 07 Open space around house<br />[] 08 In a river<br />[] 09 Lake or pond<br />[] 10 Other (specify) ________</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Own bathroom in quarters for exclusive use by household members
02 Shared separate bathroom
03 Private open cubicle
04 Shared open cubicle
05 Public bath house
06 Bathroom in another house
07 Open space around house
08 In river
09 Lake or pond
10 Other
98 Unknown
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
<svar a="all" v="GH00A058"><span class="em">H13. Bathing facilities: What type of bathing facility is used by this household?</span><br /><br />This question refers to where members of the household have their bath. It distinguishes between the availability of a separate room for bathing in the living quarters, an open cubicle for bathing in the house, a public bath house and other forms of bathing space.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This question refers to where members of the household have their bath.
Universe
Ghana 2000: Occupied private households [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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