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2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2000
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GHA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, IPUMS
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Toilet facilities (GH2000A_TOILET)

Data file: GHA2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 223
End: 223
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="GH00A054">H10a Toilet facilities: What type of toilet is used by the household?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 W.C.<br />[] 2 Pit latrine<br />[] 3 KVIP<br />[] 4 Bucket/pan<br />[] 5 Toilet in another house (different house) (Go to H11)<br />[] 6 Public toilet (WC, KVIP, Pitt, pan etc.) (Go to H11)<br />[] 7 No facilities (bush/beach/field) (Go to H11)<br />[] 8 Other (specify) ________(Go to H11)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 WC
2 Pit latrine
3 KVIP
4 Bucket/pan
5 Toilet in another house(different house)
6 Public toilet (WC, KVIP, Pit, Pan etc.)
7 No facilities (bush/beach/field)
8 Other
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
<svar a="GH00A054" v="GH00A054 GH00A055"><span class="em">H10a. Toilet facilities: What type of toilet is used by this household?</span><br /><br />A toilet is an installation for the disposal of human excreta. The enumerator must find out the type of toilet facility that the household uses. If the response to this question (H10a) is any of the options from 05 to 07, skip question H10b and go to question H11.<br /><br />1. Water closet (WC): Refers to flush toilet . A flush toilet is an installation connected with piped water, arranged for humans to discharge their wastes and from which the wastes are flushed by water.<br /><br />2. Pit latrine: Refers to the deep pits which are used as latrines mainly in rural areas of the country. They are not ventilated i.e. no specific channels have been provided for fumes to escape.<br /><br />3. KVIP: Means Kumasi Ventilated Improved Pit Latrine. This is an improvement over the pit latrine, in that there has been an addition of a pipe that provides a channel for fumes to escape. All types of ventilated pit latrines are included in this category.<br /><br />4. Bucket/pan: Refers to the type of latrine which consists of a pan/bucket and a seat. The pan/bucket is usually removed for disposal of the waste.<br /><br />5. Toilet facility in another house (different house): Refers to the situation where the household being enumerated uses the toilet of other living quarters.<br /><br />6. Public toilet (WC, KVIP, pit, pan, etc): Where members of the household use a communal or public facility.<br /><br />7. No facility (bush, beach, field): This category applies where there is no toilet of any kind available for the use of the household as well as when the respondent answers that they use the bush, beach or field.<br /><br />8. Other (specify)<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of toilet facilities for the disposal of human excreta in the household.
Universe
Ghana 2000: Occupied private households [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II none]

concept

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