Census of Population of Ireland, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1981

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IRL_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Water supply (IE1981A_WATSUP)

Data file: IRL1981_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 144

End: 144

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 23-30 should be answered in respect of each private household. These questions need not be answered in respect of institutions or private household living in caravans or other mobile dwellings]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="IE81A027">Q.27 Water supply:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Water tap, inside the building, connected to public main<br />[] 2 Water tap, outside the building only, connected to public main<br />[] 3 Water tap, inside the building, connected to private source<br />[] 4 Water tap, outside the building only, connected to private source<br />[] 5 No piped water supply</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Water tap inside building, public main
2	Water tap outside building, public main
3	Water tap inside building, private source
4	Water tap outside building, private source
5	No piped water
8	Unknown
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the type of water supply for a household.

Universe

Ireland 1981: Private households in houses or flats [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.1%]

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