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National Census. Eighth Census of Population Fourth Census of Dwellings 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 2005
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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center
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Source of water supply (NI2005A_0035)

Data file: NIC2005-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 162
End: 163
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
7. This dwelling receives its water supply via:

[] 01 Pipes inside the dwelling
[] 02 Pipes outside the dwelling but on the property
[] 03 Public faucet
[] 04 Private well
[] 05 Public well
[] 06 Natural spring or falls
[] 07 River / stream / creek
[] 08 Truck / cart / tanks
[] 09 From another dwelling / neighbor / business
[] 10 Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Pipes inside the dwelling
2 Pipes outside the dwelling but on the property
3 Public faucet
4 Private well
5 Public well
6 Natural spring or falls
7 River/stream/creek
8 Truck/cart/tanks
9 From another dwelling/neighbor/business
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
Question 7: This dwelling receives its water supply via:

Read the options one by one and mark an "X" next to the one stated by the informant.

If there is more than one type of supply, mark the one that is used most.

The options "Pipes inside the dwelling" and "Pipes outside the dwelling but on the property" are ones that are connected to the public network.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the source of water supply for the dwelling.
Universe
Private households with inhabitants present or hotel, boarding house and guest house

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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