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XI General Population and Housing Census, 1990 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 1990
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MEX_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Flush toilet (MX1990A_TOILETF)

Data file: MEX1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 178
End: 178
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
If the answer is yes, ask:</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A014">Does the toilet have running water? Mark with an X one circle only.<br /><div class="i1">[ ] 3 Yes<br />[ ] 4 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes
2 No
9 Not specified
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 v="MX90A006 MX90A007 MX90A008 MX90A009 MX90A010 MX90A011 MX90A012 MX90A013 MX90A014 MX90A015 MX90A016 MX90A017 MX90A018 MX90A019 MX90A020 MX90A021 MX90A022 MX90A023"><span class="h1">Characteristics of the dwelling</span><br /><br />The series of questions found on page two of the questionnaire will permit you to find out the principal characteristics of the dwellings: the materials that they are made out of, the number of rooms that the dwelling consists of and the use the rooms are given, the available services, ownership of the dwelling and the cooking fuel that they use.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A013 MX90A014"><span class="h2">6. Toilet </span><br /><br />For census purposes, a dwelling has a toilet if it is used only by the occupants of the dwelling. If the toilet is used by persons from different dwellings, such as the case of communities, the dwelling is considered to not have a toilet.<br /><br />If the dwelling has a toilet and also a water deposit to remove the sewage water, then the toilet is considered to have a water connection.<br /><br />If the toilet is a sewage hole or a latrine and it is only used by the occupants of the dwelling, then the dwelling is considered to have a toilet, but not a water connection.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the dwelling was a flush toilet.
Universe
Mexico 1990: All dwelling types with a toilet, except shelters [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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