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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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Toilet (EC1990A_TOILET)

Data file: ECU1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 217
End: 217
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="EC90A051">4. What toilet facilities are available in this household?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Toilet for exclusive use of the household<br />[] 2 Toilet shared by various households<br />[] 3 Latrine<br />[] 4 None</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Exclusive use
2 Shared use
3 Latrine
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="EC90A051"><span class="em">Question 4. What sanitary service is available to the household?</span><br /><br />Mark box 1, toilet for the exclusive use of the household, if it used only by the members of the household that you are interviewing.<br /><br />Mark box 2, toilet for the shared use of various households, when the service is used by members of more two or more households.<br /><br />Mark box 3, latrine, if the place for depositing excrement is a hole, generally covered with a small structure.<br /><br />Mark box 4, none, if the household does not have any of the above mentioned services.<br /><br /><div class="i1">Question 4. What sanitary service is available to the household?<br />[ ] 1 Toilet for the exclusive use of the household<br />[ ] 2 Toilet for the shared use of various households<br />[ ] 3 Latrine<br />[ ] 4 None</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the availability of toilet facilities for use by the household.
Universe
Ecuador 1990: Private occupied dwellings with persons present during enumeration [discrepancies: type I: none, type II: trace]

concept

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