National Census of Housing and Population 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 2001

Reference ID

BOL_2001_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, Minnesota Population Center

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Wastewater connection (BO2001A_0055)

Data file: BOL2001-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 162

End: 162

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 6 to 26 were asked of persons who lived in occupied private dwelling and were present at the time of enumeration, per Questions 4 and 5.]

14. The bathroom, water closet or latrine wastewater flows to:

[] 1 Sewer system
[] 2 Septic tank
[] 3 Pit toilet
[] 4 Surface (street/stream/river)

Categories

Value	Category
1	Sewer
2	Septic tank
3	Pit toilet
4	Surface
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

Chapter C. Characteristics of dwellings with inhabitants who are present

Question 14. The bathroom, toilet, or latrine drains?

The question should be presented by reading each option slowly and deliberately until reaching the question mark. When an answer is given, the oval is filled in and the next question is presented.

Important:
The difference between a septic tank and a pit toilet is that a septic tank is a structure while a pit toilet is a hole in the ground.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the type of sewage system.

Universe

Private, occupied dwellings with people present that have toilet facilities

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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