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Extended National Survey of Homes (ENHA) - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 2006
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URY_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Water treatment used (UY2006A_WATERTX)

Data file: URY2006_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 245
End: 245
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="UY06A077">12. Did you do any treatment to water used for drinking or cooking?<br /><div class="i1">[Question 12 was asked of households whose source of drinking water was not from public network, as per question 10.]<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes
2 No
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="UY06A077"><span class="em">12. Did you perform any treatment on the water used for drinking or cooking? </span><br /><br />This question also helps reveal the sanitary conditions of the household. The most common treatments to drinking and cooking water are: boiling it, using neutralizing pills, or having a filter. The most "artisanal" treatments (ex: having animals that eat insects in the tank), shouldn't be considered.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether a water treatment was used.
Universe
Uruguay 2006: Households using well, tank, river, or other as water source [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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