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1995 National Census. Seventh Census of Population, Third Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1995
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NIC_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Toilet facilities (NI1995A_TOILET)

Data file: NIC1995_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 188
End: 188
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Characteristics of the dwelling</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="NI95A037"><span class="em">Toilet facilities</span><br />9. What type of toilet facility does this dwelling have?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Outhouse or latrine<br />[] 2 Toilet - connected to sewerage system<br />[] 3 Toilet - connected to sump or septic tank<br />[] 4 Toilet - discharged into river or stream<br />[] 5 None</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Outhouse or latrine
2 Toilet - connected to sewerage system
3 Toilet - connected to sump or septic tank
4 Toilet - discharged into river or stream
5 None
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
<svar a="all" v="NI95A037"><span class="em">Question 9: Toilet facilities</span><br />This is the installation to eliminate fecal materials. It can be an outhouse or latrine, it can be a toilet connected to a sewage network, connected to a septic field or septic well or it can discharge to a river or ditch.<br /><br />Read the question and each one of the alternative answers and mark the one that is indicated by the informant. If in any dwelling you are told that there is a toilet and an outhouse, you should mark only one of the answers. In this case, you will mark the box for toilet.<br /><div class="i1">1. Outhouse or latrine<br />This is a sanitary service used for elimination of fecal material that is not connected to a sewage system and does not have any drainage. It is built of materials like wood or concrete and its base is mounted over a hole in the ground.<br /><br />2 [to 4]. Toilet<br />This is a sanitary service that through a pressurized water system permits the removal of human residue which is drawn through pipes in the public drainage network or another system.<br /><br />5. None<br />When the dwelling does not have any type of sanitary service available and the fecal material is deposited out in the open.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of toilet facilities.
Universe
Nicaragua 1995: Private occupied households with inhabitants present [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

concept

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