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XII General Population and Housing Census, 2000 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2000
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MEX_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Sewer (MX2000A_SEWER)

Data file: MEX2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 222
End: 222
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX00A024">11. Wastewater Drain<br />Read all of the options until you receive an affirmative response. Circle only one answer.<br /><br />Does this dwelling have drains or sewers for black waters?<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 Connected to a public sewer<br />2 Connected to a septic tank<br />3 A pipe that feeds into a pit or trench<br />4 A pipe that feeds into a river, lake or ocean<br />5 No drain</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 To public system
2 To a septic tank
3 To a pipe that feeds into a pit or trench
4 To a pipe that feeds into a lake or ocean
5 Doesn"t have drain
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 a="all" v="MX00A024"><span class="em">11. Drainage</span><br /><br />A dwelling has drainage when it has plumbing for the elimination of waste water (excrement) or dirty or soapy water from the washer, sprinkler, washbasin, etc.<br />The following are synonyms of drainage: public network, plumbing, drain, aqueduct, sewer, or drainpipe, among others.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of wastewater removal system.
Universe
Mexico 2000: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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