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VIII Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico de 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1970
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BRA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Minnesota Population Center
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Sewage installations (BR1970A_0011)

Data file: BRA1970-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 111
End: 111
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
8. Sewage installations

[] 1 general sewage system
[] 2 septic tank
[] 3 rudimentary septic tank
[] 4 other drainage
[] 5 don't have
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 General sewage system
2 Septic tank
3 Rudimentary septic tank
4 Other drainage
5 Don't have
9 Unknown
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 8 - Waste Disposal

Record, as the case may be:


General Sewer system - when the toilet is connected to a general sewage collecting system;
Septic tank - when the toilet is connected to a septic tank, even if the septic tank serves more than one dwelling;
Rudimentary cesspool - when there is no toilet and the dwelling is served by a simple cesspool (rudimentary latrine, well, hole, etc.)
Other sewage outlet - when sewage facilities (whether or not there is a toilet) are connected to any sewage outlet which is neither a sewer system, a cesspool, a septic tank or a latrine, such as a river, lake, etc.;


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Does not have - when the dwelling does not have any kind of toilet or sewage disposal facilities or when its occupants use facilities common to more than one dwelling.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the household has access to a sewage system or septic tank.
Universe
Private permanent dwellings

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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