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X Population Census and V Housing Census of 1994 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1994
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GTM_1994_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Means of elimination of trash (GT1994A_TRASH)

Data file: GTM1994_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 208
End: 208
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">III. Inhabited condition of the household</span></p>

<p><span class="em">7. Waste elimination</span><div class="i1">In what way is waste eliminated in the household?<br /><br />[] 1 Municipal service<br />[] 2 Private service<br />[] 3 Burning it<br />[] 4 Burying it<br />[] 5 Throwing it another place<br />[] 6 Other means (specify), ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Municipal service
2 Private service
3 Burn it
4 Bury it
5 Throw it somewhere
6 Other form
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the means of trash disposal used by the household.
Universe
Guatemala 1994: Private occupied households [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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