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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 1982 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1982
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PRY_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), IPUMS
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Toilet (PY1982A_TOILET1)

Data file: PRY1982_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 200
End: 200
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
a) What type of toilet facilities does the dwelling have?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 W.C. connected to a public system<br />[] 2 W.C. with another form of wastewater disposal (pit toilet)<br />[] 3 Municipal-type toilet<br />[] 4 Common latrine, etc.<br />[] 5 None</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 WC connected to public network
2 WC other system
3 Municipal-type outhouse topped with wood or cement
4 Common latrine
5 None
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
<svar a="all" v="PY82A036 PY82A037"><span class="em">Question 6. Sanitary services</span><br /><br />Reach each of the following questions and the possible answers; make an X in the corresponding box. If it is a source of water which is not listed, annotate the name of the source on the line for "other." <br /><br />Keep in mind the following definitions:<br /><br />[A depiction of question 6a and b, to the right of the preceding text is omitted here.]<br /><br />W.C. connected to the public sewer system: when the service has a system of tubes (sewer) into which the human residues flow. <br /><br />W.C. with a different excremental system (latrine): when the human residue is eliminated by way of some other flushing system.<br /><br />Municipal-type latrine: When the excavation or well is protected by a stall of material or wood and covered with a sheet of cement or wood. <br /><br />Common latrine: A case in which there is a simple excavation or well covered with tree trunks, boards, without or without an isolating stall.<br /><br />Does not have: When the dwelling does not have any system for the elimination of human residue. <br /><br /><span class="pg">[P. 28] </span><br /><br />[A drawing of persons going to the bathroom: in a house, outhouse, nature is omitted here.]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable identifies the type of toilet facilities used by the household.
Universe
Paraguay 1982: Private households [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.8%]

concept

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