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2011 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 2011
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TTO_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Source of water supply (TT2011A_WATSUP)

Data file: TTO2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 188
End: 188
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 11: Housing - Head of household</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">B. Characteristics of Occupied Dwelling Unit and Land Tenancy</span></p>

<p>47. Water supply</p>
<div class="i1">What is this household's main source of water supply?<br /><br />[] 01 Public piped into dwelling<br />[] 02 Public piped into yard<br />[] 03 Public standpipe<br />[] 04 Private piped into dwelling<br />[] 05 Private catchment not piped<br />[] 06 Truck borne (and not piped into dwelling)<br />[] 07 Spring/River/Well/Pond<br />[] 77 Other (specify)<br />[] 99 Not stated</div><div class="i2">Interviewer: If shaded 04 to 99, skip to Q.49</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Public source piped Into dwelling
2 Public source piped Into yard
3 Public stand pipe
4 Private source piped into dwelling
5 Private catchment not piped
6 Truck borne (and not piped into dwelling)
7 Spring, river, well, or pond
8 Other
9 Unknown
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="h3">Section 11 - Housing </span></p>

<p><span class="em">11.9. Water supply</span><div class="i1">(i) Public piped into dwelling - Describes a condition where running water from a public source is piped into the dwelling unit. It is to be noted that in cases where both truck-borne supplies and intermittent supplies from a public reservoir are used, public piped takes precedence over truck-borne.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.33]</span><br /> <br />(ii) Public piped into yard - Applies in a situation where the household receives running water from a public source through a pipe in the yard or compound on which the dwelling stands.<br /><br />(iii) Public stand pipe - Obtains when water is available to the household, occupying a dwelling unit, from a stand pipe in the street or elsewhere.<br /><br />(iv) Private piped into dwelling - Refers to water supply obtained from a private source and piped into the dwelling. Such a situation will occur, for example, where the household pumps water from a river or pond through pipes directly to the dwelling.<br /><br />(v) Private catchment not piped - Obtains where the water is from a private source and not piped into the dwelling.<br /><br />(vi) Truck-borne (and not piped into dwelling) - This applies when a truck-borne water supply is the sole source of water to the household. To satisfy the condition of truck-borne, the water supplied by trucks must be from a public source and the water so received is stored in drums or barrels from which the household draws its supply.<br /><br />(vii) Spring / river / well / pond - This applies when the main water supply available to the dwelling is from a spring, river, well or pond.<br /><br />(viii) Other - Obtains when the dwelling receives its water supply from a source not specified above.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the source of water supply for the household.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 2011: Private occupied households [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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