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VI National Population and Housing Census, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981
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DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Toilet or sewage facilities (DO1981A_SEWAGE)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 215
End: 215
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
16. Toilet facilities</p>
<div class="i1">a) Does this dwelling have toilet facilities?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Toilet connected to sewer<br />[] 2 Toilet connected to a septic tank<br />[] 3 Toilet of unknown connection<br />[] 4 Latrine<br />[] 5 Does not have</div><div class="i1">b) Are the toilet facilities for the exclusive use of this dwelling?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Toilet connected to sewer
2 Toilet connected to septic tank
3 Toilet connection unknown
4 Latrine
5 None
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
<span class="em">Question 16: Toilet Facilities</span><div class="i1"><span class="em">a) Does the dwelling have toilet facilities?</span><br /><br />The alternatives are read and the corresponding circle is filled in.<br /><br />[The instructions refer to graphic illustrations, the options are: toilet connected to sewer, toilet connected to septic tank, toilet connected to unknown system, latrine, does not have]</div><div class="i1"><span class="em">b) Is the toilet for the exclusive use of this dwelling?</span><br /><br />If the toilet is only used by persons living in the dwelling, circle 1 (yes) is filled in.<br /><br />If it is used by persons from 2 or more dwellings, circle 2 (no) is filled in.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of toilet in a dwelling.
Universe
Dominican Republic 1981: Primary household in occupied dwellings [discrepanices: type I trace; type II trace]

concept

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