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Population Census 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2012
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ZWE_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Agency, IPUMS
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Distance to water source (ZW2012A_WATDIST)

Data file: ZWE2012_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 193
End: 193
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">F - Living conditions </span></p>

<p>Water for drinking and cooking</p>

<p>31b. Distance to water source </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 On premises <br />[] 2 Less than 500m <br />[] 3 500m to 1km <br />[] 4 more than 1km</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 On premises
2 Less than 500m
3 500m to 1km
4 More than 1km
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 from the household to the source of water.
Universe
Zimbabwe 2012: Private households [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II 4.3%]

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