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National Census of Housing and Population 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 1992
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BOL_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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Water source (BO1992A_WATSRC)

Data file: BOL1992_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 202
End: 202
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BO92A041"><span class="em">7. Water source</span><br /><div class="i1">[Question 7 was asked of persons in occupied private dwellings, per Questions 1 and 2.]<br /><br />[] 1 Public or private system<br />[] 2 Well or water wheel <br />[] 3 River, lake, spring or stream<br />[] 4 Delivery vehicle<br />[] 5 Other (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Public or private system
2 Well or water wheel
3 River, lake, spring or stream
4 Delivery truck
5 Other
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="BO92A041"><span class="h3">Question 7. Source of water </span>(for drinking and cooking).<br /><br /><span class="em">1. Public or Private System.</span> If the water service comes from the public supply, or from a private distribution network.<br /><br /><span class="em">2. Well or water wheel</span><br /><br /><span class="em">3. River, lake, spring, or irrigation ditch</span><br /><br /><span class="em">4. Delivery truck</span><br /><br /><span class="em">5. Other.</span> For example: tanks, small ponds, rainwater, etc. In this case, you should specify.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the source of water the household used for drinking and cooking.
Universe
Bolivia 1992: Private, occupied dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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