1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1991

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MYS_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS

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Water supply (WATSUP)

Data file: MYS1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 149

End: 150

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
10	Yes, piped water
11	Piped inside dwelling
12	Piped, exclusively to this household
13	Piped, shared with other households
14	Piped outside the dwelling
15	Piped outside dwelling, in building
16	Piped within the building or plot of land
17	Piped outside the building or lot
18	Have access to public piped water
20	No piped water
99	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.

Description

Definition

WATSUP describes the physical means by which the housing unit receives its water. The primary distinction is whether or not the household had piped (running) water.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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