1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1980

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Reference ID

PRI_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Source of water (PR1980A_WATERSRC)

Data file: PRI1980_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 196

End: 196

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="PR80A063"><span class="em">H14. Do you get water from </span><br /><div class="i1">[] A public system<br />[] An individual well<br />[] A cistern, tanks, or drums<br />[] Spring or other source (river, irrigation canal, etc.)</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	Public system
3	Individual well
4	Cistern, tanks, or drums
5	Spring or other source

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 source of water.

Universe

Puerto Rico 1980: Private households [discrepancies: none]

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Concept

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