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General Population Census IV and Housing II - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1963
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URY_1963_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Office of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Distance to water source (UY1963A_WATDIST)

Data file: URY1963_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 148
End: 148
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="UY63A052 UY63A053 UY63A054">7. Water service<br /><br />Source:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Running piped water (<span class="lang">O.S.E.</span> [public water company])<br />[] 2 Pump well<br />[] 3 Tank [<span class="lang">aljibe</span>]<br />[] 4 Catch pipes [<span class="lang">cachimba</span>]<br />[] 5 Stream, river, spring<br />Other (specify) ____</div><br /><br />Location:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Within the dwelling [go to Q.8]<br />[] 2 Outside the dwelling, but on the property<br />[] 3 Outside the property</div><br /><br />Distance of carrying [water to dwelling]:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Fewer than 100 meters<br />[] 2 Between 100 to 300 meters<br />[] 3 More than 300 meters</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Fewer than 100 meters
2 From 100 to 300 meters
3 More than 300 meters
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 to the water source for the household.
Universe
Uruguay 1963: Occupied private dwellings with water source outside the dwelling

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