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General Population Census VII, Home III and Housing V - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1985 - 1996
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URY_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Sewer system (UY1996A_SEWER)

Data file: URY1996_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 218
End: 218
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="UY96A050">3. The disposal of hygienic waste is done by:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 General [public] system<br />[] 2 Septic tank, cesspool<br />[] 3 Other (hole in the ground, surface, etc.)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Public system
2 Septic tank/cesspool
3 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of sewer system that the household uses.
Universe
Uruguay 1996: Occupied private households with toilet access [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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