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2005 National Census. Eighth Census of Population, Fourth Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 2005
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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Source of water supply (NI2005A_WATSUP)

Data file: NIC2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 223
End: 224
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="NI05A035">7. This dwelling receives its water supply via:<br /><div class="i1">[] 01 Pipes inside the dwelling<br />[] 02 Pipes outside the dwelling but on the property<br />[] 03 Public faucet<br />[] 04 Private well<br />[] 05 Public well<br />[] 06 Natural spring or falls<br />[] 07 River / stream / creek<br />[] 08 Truck / cart / tanks<br />[] 09 From another dwelling / neighbor / business<br />[] 10 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Pipes inside the dwelling
02 Pipes outside the dwelling but on the property
03 Public faucet
04 Private well
05 Public well
06 Natural spring or falls
07 River/stream/creek
08 Truck/cart/tanks
09 From another dwelling/neighbor/business
10 Other
98 Unknown
99 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="all" v="NI05A035"><span class="em">Question 7: This dwelling receives its water supply via:</span><br /><br />Read the options one by one and mark an "X" next to the one stated by the informant.<br /><br />If there is more than one type of supply, mark the one that is used most.<br /><br />The options "Pipes inside the dwelling" and "Pipes outside the dwelling but on the property" are ones that are connected to the public network.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the source of water supply for the dwelling.
Universe
Nicaragua 2005: Private households with inhabitants present or hotel, boarding house and guest house [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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