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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Water service (GT1994A_WATSRC)

Data file: GTM1994_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 197

End: 198

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

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

<p><span class="em">2. Water service</span><div class="i1">What type of water service is available in the household?<br /><br />a. Water from a pipe</div><div class="i2">a.1 Public network</div><div class="i3">[] 1 Running water for exclusive use<br />[] 2 Running water for various households<br />[] 3 Public tap (outside the habitation)</div><div class="i2">a.2 Private system</div><div class="i3">[] 4 Running water for exclusive use<br />[] 5 Running water for various households<br />[] 6 Well with network for exclusive use of the household</div><div class="i1">b. Carried water</div><div class="i2">[] 7 Well<br />[] 8 River, lake or spring<br />[] 9 Truck (cistern, barrel, etc.)</div><div class="i1">c. Other</div><div class="i2">[] 0 Other (specify) ____</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Public network, exclusive faucet
02	Public network, shared faucet
03	Public network, public faucet (outside the dwelling)
04	Private network, exclusive faucet
05	Private network, shared faucet
06	Private network, exclusive well
07	Carried water from well
08	Carried water from river, lake, or spring
09	Carried water from cistern truck
10	Other
99	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 source of water service 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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