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

Nicaragua, 2005
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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Disposal method for majority of garbage (NI2005A_GARBAGE)

Data file: NIC2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 253
End: 254
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="NI05A059">6. How does this household dispose of the majority of its garbage?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 It is removed by garbage truck<br />[] 2 Authorized garbage collector / dumpster<br />[] 3 Burned<br />[] 4 Buried<br />[] 5 Thrown in an empty lot, ditch or street<br />[] 6 Thrown in a river, lagoon, or creek<br />[] 7 Pays someone to throw it away<br />[] 8 Organic fertilizer<br />[] 9 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Removed by garbage truck
02 Authorized garbage collector or dumpster
03 Burned
04 Buried
05 Thrown into an empty lot, ditch or street
06 Thrown into a river, lagoon, or creek
07 Thrown away by paid person
08 Organic fertilizer
09 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="NI05A059"><span class="em">Question 6. How does this household dispose of the majority of its garbage?</span><br /><br />Mark an "X" next to the option stated by the informant.<br /><br />Keep in mind that if the household uses more than one method of disposing of garbage, you should mark the one used most frequently.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the method for disposal of majority of garbage in the dwelling.
Universe
Nicaragua 2005: Private households with inhabitants present or hotel, boarding house and guest house [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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