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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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Location of water source (MX2020A_WATLOC)

Data file: MEX2020_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 250
End: 250
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p>12. Piped water: Is the water obtained from faucets or pipes that are:</p>
<div class="i1">Read the options until you get an affirmative answer and circle one code only<br /><br />[] 1 Inside the house?<br />[] 2 Only in the yard or land?<br />[] 3 No piped water? (go to 14)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Inside the dwelling
2 Outside the dwelling but on the property
3 Do not have piped water
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="em">V. Access to water</span>
<br /><span class="ital">12. Piped water</span>
<br />The question identifies whether the housing unit has faucets or hoses where the residents obtain water, either indoors or only in the yard or lot, regardless of where the liquid comes from.</p>

<p>Read the question mentioning all the options and select the code that corresponds to the respondent's answer.</p>

<p>Consider that piped water can be identified in facilities such as toilets, sinks, and showers or simply if there is a faucet or hose from which the residents obtain water.</p>

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

<p><span class="pg">[p. 238]</span></p>

<p>The first option, inside the housing unit, means that the faucets or hoses are located inside the housing unit, in the kitchen or the bathroom, either in a sink, washbasin, shower, or in the water tank of some toilet bowls.</p>

<p>[Image omitted]</p>

<p>When faucets or hoses are only in the yard or lot, they are seen in an open space and are located alone or in a sink or basin.</p>

<p>[Figure omitted]</p>

<p>If the residents take water from another housing unit with a hose, as shown in the image, they are considered to have piped water, either inside or outside, depending on how far the hoses reach, which is normally where people use the water.</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 239]</span></p>

<p>[Figure omitted]</p>

<p>Also, if there is a well from which the liquid is extracted and sent through pipes or hoses to other installations in the house, as illustrated in the image, register that the house has faucets or hoses inside.</p>

<p>[Figure omitted]</p>

<p>The option which does not have piped water should be registered when there are no pipes or hoses in the housing unit, or in its yard or land, from which water can be obtained and, consequently, the residents have to carry it or obtain it in some other way.</p>

<p>If the answer corresponds to the latter situation, question 14. Unpiped water applies, but if you register the option inside the housing unit or only in the yard or lot, skip to question 13. Water supply.</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 240]</span></p>

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

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

<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the location of water source.
Universe
Mexico 2020: Private dwellings built for habitation [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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