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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Toilet facilities (EC1962A_0032)

Data file: ECU1962-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 115

End: 115

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

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

V. Toilet facilities

[] 1 Toilet for exclusive use of the dwelling
[] 2 Toilet for shared used in the building
[] 3 Latrine or pit toilet
[] 4 None of the above facilities

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Exclusive
2	Shared use inside the building
3	Latrine or pit toilet
4	None of the preceding
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

Toilet facilities. Includes the facilities (toilet) for the elimination of fecal matter, by means of channeled water under pressure, with the fecal matter being dragged to a sewer, septic tank, or drain. These facilities can be for the exclusive use of a census household (a dwelling) or for common use by two or more census households (two or more dwellings), in the building.

Latrine or pit toilet. Is a shallow hole, located outside of a dwelling, that is used for the elimination of fecal matter, but not by means of channeled water under pressure.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the availability and type of toilet facilities for use by the household.

Universe

Households in which a head was sampled

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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