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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 2002; Censo Nacional Indígena de Población y Viviendas, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 2002
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PRY_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys, and Censuses (DGEEC), IPUMS
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Sewage (PY2002A_TOILET)

Data file: PRY2002_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 243
End: 243
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Chapter C. Household information</span></p>

<p>21. The toilet wastewater goes to...</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Hole or pit?<br />[] 2 Septic tank?<br />[] 3 Public system (sewer)?<br />[] 4 Surface of the earth, stream, river, etc.?</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Hole or pit
2 Septic tank
3 Public system
4 Surface of the earth, stream, river
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">C. Information about the household</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 21: The bathroom drains to...</span></p>

<p>21. The bathroom drains to...</p>

<p>Public network (sewer): when the bathroom has a system of pipes through which the human residue drains.</p>

<p>Septic well: when the bathroom is connected to a septic tank.</p>

<p>If the dwelling has more than one type of bathroom, note the most modern drain.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the method for sewage disposal in the household.
Universe
Paraguay 2002: Private or multi-household dwellings with bathroom [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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