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X Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 1991. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1990
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BRA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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Sewage installations (BR1991A_SEWAGE)

Data file: BRA1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 218
End: 218
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BR91A022"><span class="h3">6. Drainage?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 general drainage<br />Cesspit:<br />[] 2 connected to river system<br />[] 3 without drainage<br />[] 4 rudimentary cesspit<br />[] 5 primary sewage system<br />[] 6 other<br />[] 7 don't know<br />[] 0 don't have</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 None
1 General system
2 Septic tank connected to a rain water system
3 Septic tank without drainage (sump pit)
4 Rudimentary cesspit
5 Primary sewage system
6 Other
7 Does not know
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="BR91A022"><span class="h3">Question 6 - Sewage disposal - drainage</span><br />Mark, even if the sewage disposal is common to more than one household:<br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">1 - General system</span> - when the toilet is connected to a general sewage system;<br /><span class="em">2 - Septic tank connected to a rain system</span> - when the toilet is connected called to a septic tank and the flow off of the waste water is channeled to the rain water system;<br /><span class="em">3 - Septic tank without sewage outlet</span> - when the toilet is connected to a septic tank and there is no outlet for the waste water (sump pit);<br /><span class="em">4 - Rudimentary cesspool</span> - when the toilet facilities (whether or not there is a toilet), are connected to rustic sewage disposal (black cesspool, well, hole, etc.);<br /><span class="em">5 - Ditch</span> - when the toilet facilities (whether or not there is a toilet) are connected to a ditch (open-air rain water outlet);<br /><span class="em">6 - Other</span> - when the toilet facilities plumbing (whether of not there is a toilet) are connected directly to a river, lake, etc.;<br /><span class="em">7 - Does not know</span> - when the respondent does not know what type of sewage outlet the house has (whether or not there is a toilet); or<br /><span class="em">0 - Does not have</span> - when there is no plumbing for the use of the residents of the household.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the sewage installations.
Universe
Brazil 1991: Dwellings that are not improvised or collective [Discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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