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XV Censo Nacional de Población y IV de Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Chile, 1982
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CHL_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, IPUMS
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Sewage system (CL1982A_SEWAGE)

Data file: CHL1982_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 200
End: 200
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CL82A032">9. The toilet is:<br /><div class="i1">1. Connected to the sewer system or septic tank<br />2. Latrine<br />3. Outhouse<br />4. Connected to another type of system</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Sewer system, Septic tank
2 Drain, gutter
3 Pit/latrine
4 Other system
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="CL82A032">9. The toilet is?:<br /><br />Refers to the toilet's drainage system.<br /><br />Connected to a Sewer or Septic Tank, when the toilet drains into the public network's system, or into a well system that is similar to the sewer for purposes of drainage.<br /><br />Above an Irrigation Ditch or Canal.<br /><br />Above a Pit. Generally this type of toilet is found in camp dwellings or dwellings under construction. It is also typical of rural dwellings or those removed from urban areas.<br /><br />Connected to another system. Fill in this oval if the emptying of the toilet takes place through a system that is different from those previously described.<br /><br />[The above directions refer to a picture of question 9 in this section of the enumeration form.]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of sewage system.
Universe
Chile 1982: Private occupied dwellings with people present, with toilet [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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