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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Trash disposal (PY1972A_TRASH)

Data file: PRY1972_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 198

End: 198

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="PY72A033">9. Garbage removal<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Public collection<br />[] 2 Incineration or burial in pits<br />[] 3 Other system</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Public garbage collection
2	Incineration or burial
3	Other system
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="PY72A033">9. Trash removal:<br /><div class="i1">Mark box 1, if the Household enjoys the service of public trash collection.<br />Mark box 2, if it is burned or buried in pits.<br />Mark box 3, if any other system is used.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p>9. Trash removal</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Public collection<br />[] 2 Burned or thrown into pits<br />[] 3 Other system</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the method of trash disposal used by the household.

Universe

Paraguay 1972: Private households [discrepancies: type I 1.1%; type II 0.1%]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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