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Population and Housing Census 2020 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2020
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MEX_2020_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Type of toilet (or latrine) (MX2020A_TYTOILET)

Data file: MEX2020_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 262
End: 262
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">I. Characteristics of the housing unit</span></p>

<p>17. Water intake: Does the toilet (latrine):</p>
<div class="i1">Read the options until you get an affirmative answer and circle one code only<br /><br />[] 1 Have direct flushing?<br />[] 2 Get filled with water from a bucket?<br />[] 3 Is it not possible to pour water into it?</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Has direct flushing of water
2 Water is poured in with a bucket
3 Water cannot be poured in
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="h1">15. Extended questionnaire</span>
<br />This section of the questionnaire contains the questions you must apply in the households you have registered as: Single house on the land, house sharing land with other(s); duplex house; apartment in a building; housing unit in neighborhood or tenement and housing unit in the rooftop room of a building. That is, with classes 1 to 6 of private housing unit class.</p>

<p><span class="ital">17. Water intake</span>
<br />The question asks whether the toilet or latrine used by the residents of the housing unit accepts water to evacuate human waste (excrement and urine). It also specifies whether the water is flushed by means of a lever, chain, button, or pedal (direct flush), installed in the toilet bowls, or whether it is manually emptied with a bucket or pail for its users.</p>

<p>Read the question and its options, and mark the code that corresponds to the respondent's answer.</p>

<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]</p>

<p>The no-water option refers to facilities that do not use water for waste disposal. They can be latrines, holes or pits, or the so-called dry ecological toilets.</p>

<p>[Image omitted]</p>

<p>The water admission question is displayed in the census manager as follows:</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 252]</span></p>

<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]</p>

<p><span class="ital">18. Toilet use</span>
<br />This question identifies whether the toilet or latrine used by the residents of the housing unit is for their exclusive use or if they share it with people from other housing unit(s). Read the question, listen to the answer, and select the appropriate code.</p>

<p>Register the option yes when the toilet or latrine is regularly used by people who do not reside in the housing unit.</p>

<p>Register no when the sanitary facility is normally used by the residents of the housing unit only.</p>

<p>The sanitary use question is presented in the census manager as follows:</p>

<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the toilet (or latrine) type of operation.
Universe
Mexico 2020: Private dwellings built for habitation that have toilets [discrepancies: none]

concept

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