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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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Distance to nearest health center or clinic, in kilometers (NI2005A_HTLHKM)

Data file: NIC2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 226
End: 228
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="NI05A037 NI05A038 NI05A039 NI05A040 NI05A041 NI05A042 NI05A043 NI05A044">9. From this dwelling to the nearest health center or clinic:<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="NI05A037 NI05A038 NI05A039 NI05A040"><div class="i1">What is the distance?</div><br /><div class="i2">Kilometers _ _<br />Meters _ _ _<br />Blocks _ _<br /><span class="lang">Varas</span> _ _ _ [Unit of measure that varies but measures approximately one meter]</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
001 1
002 2
003 3
004 4
005 5
006 6
007 7
008 8
009 9
010 10
011 11
012 12
013 13
014 14
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016 16
017 17
018 18
019 19
020 20
021 21
022 22
023 23
024 24
025 25
026 26
027 27
028 28
029 29
030 30
031 31
032 32
033 33
034 34
035 35
036 36
037 37
038 38
039 39
040 40
041 41
042 42
043 43
044 44
045 45
046 46
048 48
050 50+
997 Answer in other measurement unit
998 Unknown
999 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="NI05A037 NI05A038 NI05A039 NI05A040" v="NI05A037 NI05A038 NI05A039 NI05A040 NI05A041 NI05A042 NI05A043 NI05A044"><span class="em">Question 9. How far is it from this dwelling to the nearest health center or clinic?</span><br /><br />Use two digits to write the answer in the spaces corresponding to kilometers and blocks. Put a "0" before the numbers 1-9.<br /><br />Use three digits to write the answer in the spaces corresponding to meters and <span class="lang">varas</span>. [A <span class="lang">vara</span> is unit of length measuring 84 centimeters in Nicaragua. Its exact length varies from country to country.] Put "00" before the numbers 1-9 and "0" before numbers 10-99.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="NI05A037 NI05A038 NI05A039 NI05A040 NI05A042 NI05A043 NI05A044">For distance and time:<br />Use only whole numbers and a single unit of measurement, rounding up to the next number. For example, if they declare that the nearest health-care center or station is 1.5 kilometers away, write the answer as: "Kilometers: 02"<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the distance to the nearest health center or clinic, in kilometers.
Universe
Nicaragua 2005: Private households with inhabitants present or hotel, boarding house and guest house [discrepancies: type I none, type II 1.1%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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