2005 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Laos, 2005

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Reference ID

LAO_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Lao Statistics Bureau, IPUMS

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Distance to water source (LA2005A_WATDIST)

Data file: LAO2005_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 140

End: 140

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">I. Housing characteristics </span><div class="i1">Distance to water source [For each of the different sources of water.]</div><div class="i2">[] On premises<br />[] Less than 500 m<br />[] Between 500 m and 1 km<br />[] More than 1 km</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	On premises
2	Less than 500 meters
3	Between 500 meters and 1 kilometer
4	More than 1 kilometer
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the distance to the household’s water source.

Universe

Laos 2005: Private households [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.8%]

concept

Concept

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