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2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2009
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KEN_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Main source of water (KE2009A_WATSRC)

Data file: KEN2009_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 246
End: 247
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="KE09A055">H-24. Main source of water<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Pond<br />[] 2 Dam<br />[] 3 Lake<br />[] 4 Stream/river<br />[] 5 Protected spring water<br />[] 6 Unprotected spring<br />[] 7 Protected well<br />[] 8 Unprotected well<br />[] 9 Borehole<br />[] 10 Piped into dwelling<br />[] 11 Piped<br />[] 12 <span class="lang">Jabia</span><br />[] 13 Rain/harvested<br />[] 14 Water vendor<br />[] 15 Other (specify)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Pond
02 Dam
03 Lake
04 Stream/river
05 Protected spring
06 Unprotected spring
07 Protected well
08 Unprotected well
09 Borehole
10 Piped into dwelling
11 Piped
12 Jabia
13 Rain/harvested
14 Water vendor
15 Other
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main source of water for the household.
Universe
Kenya 2009: Conventional households or refugee camps [discrepancies: none]

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