6th Census of Population - IPUMS Subset

El Salvador, 2007

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SLV_2007_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS

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Trash disposal (SV2007A_WASTE)

Data file: SLV2007_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 221

End: 221

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<svar a="all" v="SV07A058">12. How is trash disposed of?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Municipal service<br />[] 2 Private service<br />[] 3 Burned<br />[] 4 Buried<br />[] 5 Put in dumpsters/bins<br />[] 6 Thrown into street, ravine or empty lot<br />[] 7 Thrown into a river, lake or sea<br />[] 8 Other</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Municipal service
2	Private service
3	Burning
4	Burying
5	Deposited in a container
6	Thrown in the street, gully or vacant lot
7	Thrown in the river, lake or sea
8	Another form of disposal
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 trash disposal of the household.

Universe

El Salvador 2007: Occupied private dwellings with people present [discrepancies: none]

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