V Censo de Población y IV de Vivienda, 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 1990

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ECU_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS

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Waste water removal for dwelling (EC1990A_SEWAGE)

Data file: ECU1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 193

End: 193

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="EC90A029">5. What is the wastewater elimination system for this dwelling?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Connected to public sewer system<br />[] 2 Septic tank<br />[] 3 Other means ____ (specify)<br />[] 4 None</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Connected to public network
2	Septic tank
3	Other method
4	None

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="EC90A029"><span class="em">Question 5: What is the system for removing waste water from the dwelling?</span><br /><br />1. Connected to a public drain system -- if the removal of the waste waters is through a subterranean public sewer system.<br /><br />2. Septic tank -- If the waste water is eliminated in a pit.<br /><br />3. Other form -- If the dwelling has infrastructure for removing waste water that is not connected to the public network or a septic tank, for example: private sewer that empties into a river or irrigation ditch.<br /><br />4. None -- If the dwelling does not have any of the above mentioned systems for eliminating waste water, for example: dumping the water in empty land or in the street.<br /><br /><div class="i1">5. What is the system for removing waste water from the dwelling?</div><br /><div class="i2">[ ] 1 Connected to a public drain system<br />[ ] 2 Septic tank<br />[ ] 3 Other form (specify) _____<br />[ ] 4 None</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the dwelling's method of waste water (sewage) removal.

Universe

Ecuador 1990: Private occupied dwellings with persons present during enumeration [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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