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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Disposal method for majority of garbage (NI2005A_0059)

Data file: NIC2005-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 192

End: 193

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

6. How does this household dispose of the majority of its garbage?

[] 1 It is removed by garbage truck
[] 2 Authorized garbage collector / dumpster
[] 3 Burned
[] 4 Buried
[] 5 Thrown in an empty lot, ditch or street
[] 6 Thrown in a river, lagoon, or creek
[] 7 Pays someone to throw it away
[] 8 Organic fertilizer
[] 9 Other

Categories

Value	Category
1	Removed by garbage truck
2	Authorized garbage collector or dumpster
3	Burned
4	Buried
5	Thrown into an empty lot, ditch or street
6	Thrown into a river, lagoon, or creek
7	Thrown away by paid person
8	Organic fertilizer
9	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 6. How does this household dispose of the majority of its garbage?

Mark an "X" next to the option stated by the informant.

Keep in mind that if the household uses more than one method of disposing of garbage, you should mark the one used most frequently.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the method for disposal of majority of garbage in 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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