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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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Water source (PY1972A_WATSRC)

Data file: PRY1972_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 186
End: 186
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p><svar v="PY72A022 PY72A023">4. Water supply<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A022">A. Source<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Well, cistern (<span class="lang">aljibe</span>) or spring<br />[] 2 River, stream<br />[] 3 Public system<br />[] 4 Other (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Well, cistern, or spring
2 River or stream
3 Public network
4 Other
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">II. Information about the dwelling</span></p>

<p>4. Water Service:</p>

<p>a) Source: Mark the corresponding box, which is the source that provides water to the inhabitants of the dwelling.</p>

<p>* Public network: this is marked when the occupants of the dwelling get water from a public network, such as, for example, corposana.</p>

<p>When the source is not any of the three first indicated on the form, mark "other" and specify which it is. For example: water delivery truck.</p>

<p>4. Water service
<br />A. Source</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Well, pipe or spring<br />[] 2 River, creek<br />[] 3 Public network<br />[] 4 Other (specify) ____</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the ultimate source of water for the dwelling: whether it was from a public distribution system, well, stream, etc.
Universe
Paraguay 1972: Private households [discrepancies: type I 0.2%; type II 0.1%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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