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Censos de Población y Vivienda 1962 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 1962
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ECU_1962_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Departamento de los Censos Nacionales, Minnesota Population Center
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Water supply (EC1962A_0031)

Data file: ECU1962-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 114
End: 114
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Only for private, occupied dwellings
[Refers to items III through X]




IV. Water supply

[] 1 Running piped water. Exclusive use by the dwelling.
[] 2 Running piped water. Common use within the building.
[] 3 Running piped water. Outside the building.
[] 4 Spring
[] 5 Well
[] 6 River or stream
[] 7 Cistern
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Exclusive
2 Shared use
3 Outside the building by pipe
4 Spring or fountain
5 Well
6 River
7 Cistern
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
Water supply. Corresponds to the water supply provided by pipes that come from public distribution networks or from other sources.

It is of exclusive use when only one family uses the supply.
It is of common use when two or more families in the same building use the supply.

Outside of the building is when the building does not have a water supply and the families are provided for by a public or private faucet; and,

When the building doesn't have any of the services previously mentioned, record the supply by marking an "X" in the appropriate box (runoff, well, irrigation ditch, river, or cistern).

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the source of water supply of the dwelling.
Universe
Households in which a head was sampled

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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