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2012 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2012
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TZA_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Improved sanitation (TZ2012A_TOILETIMP)

Data file: TZA2012_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 308
End: 308
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">G. Housing conditions and ownership of assets </span></p>

<p>50. What is the main type of toilet facility used by this household? </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Flush/pour flush to piped water system<br />[] 2 Flush/pour flush to septic tank<br />[] 3 Flush/pour flush to covered pit<br />[] 4 Flush/pour flush to somewhere else<br />[] 5 Ventilated improved pit [VIP] latrine<br />[] 6 Pit latrine with washable slab and with lid<br />[] 7 Pit latrine with washable slab without lid<br />[] 8 Pit latrine with not-washable /soil slab<br />[] 9 Pit latrine without slab /open pit<br />[] 10 Composting /ecosan latrine<br />[] 11 Bucket<br />[] 12 No facility / bush / field / beach<br /><br />[] 1 Improved <br />[] 0 Non improved</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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 whether the household has an improved sanitation.
Universe
Tanzania 2012: All households

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