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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 1972 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1972
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PRY_1972_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), IPUMS
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Use of toilet facilities (PY1972A_TOILET2)

Data file: PRY1972_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 196
End: 196
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 3 to 10 were asked of private households]</p>

<p><span class="h2">III. Household information</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A030 PY72A031">7. Toilet facilities<br /><br />A. Type of facility<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 W.C. connected to public network<br />[] 2 W.C. with another system of wastewater removal<br />[] 3 Municipal-type toilet<br />[] 4 Common latrine, etc.<br />[] 5 Doesn't have</div><br /><br />B. Use<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Exclusive to this household<br />[] 2 Shared with another household</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Exclusive use by this household
2 Shared with another household
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">III. Information about the household</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A030 PY72A031">7. Sanitary service:<br /><br />a) Type of service:<br /><div class="i1">Mark box 1, when the service has a drain connected to a public network or sewer (type called CORPOSANA).<br />Mark box 2, when the drain is connected to another system of sewer, which can be a septic tank or sewage pit.<br />Mark box 3, when it is a Municipal-type latrine, which means, when the excavation is covered with bricks, covered by a cement slab or wood board, and protected by a fabric or wood shelter.<br />Mark box 4, when it is a common outhouse or latrine, which means a simple excavation covered with logs or boards, with or without an isolating shelter.<br />Mark box 5, when the "household" does not have sanitary service.</div><br /><br />7. Sanitary service<br />A. Type of service<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Toilet connected to a public network<br />[] 2 Toilet connected to another sewage system (septic tank)<br />[] 3 Municipal-type latrine<br />[] 4 Common latrine<br />[] 5 Does not have</div><br /><br />b) Use: mark box 1, when the service is used only the members of the "Household". If it is shared with another "household", mark box 2.<br /><br />7. Sanitary service<br />b. Use<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 For exclusive use of this household<br />[] 2 Shared with another household</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the toilet facilities are used exclusively by the household or shared with another household.
Universe
Paraguay 1972: Private households with toilet facilities [discrepancies: type I 0.2%; type II trace]

concept

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