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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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Toilet facilities (MX2000A_TOILET)

Data file: MEX2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 219
End: 219
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX00A021">8. Toilet<br /><br />Does this dwelling have any of the following: toilet, a pit, a latrine, a black pit, or well?<br />Circle only one answer.<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 Yes<br />2 No (Continue with number 11)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes has
2 Does not have
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="MX00A021 MX00A022"><span class="em">8. Toilet Facilities and 9. Exclusive Use</span><br /><br />Toilet facilities or services are known by distinct names, such as those mentioned in the question. If in that area the toilet is known by a different name, mention it in asking the question.<br /><br />[Depiction of these two completed questions on the enumeration form]<br /><br />The dwelling does not have toilet facilities when the people do their business in the open air, that is, in the corral, in the bushes or cactus, in the garden, in a mud wall, etc.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the dwelling has toilet facilities.
Universe
Mexico 2000: All households

concept

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