1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1980

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PRI_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Type and location of toilet facilities (PR1980A_TOILET2)

Data file: PRI1980_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 250

End: 250

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<svar a="all" v="PR80A059 PR80A121"><span class="em">H5c. Is there a flush toilet in this building? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes, for this household only<br />[] Yes, but also used by another household<br />[] No</div><br /><br />If "No", what type of toilet?<br /><div class="i1">[] Privy<br />[] Other or none</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
2	Privy
3	No flush toilet or privy
4	Yes, in this house/apartment
5	Yes, in this building, shared use

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 and location of toilet facilities.

Universe

Puerto Rico 1980: Vacant and private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

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