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Count of Population and Dwellings, 2005 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2005
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MEX_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Availability of drainage (MX2005A_SEWER)

Data file: MEX2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 189
End: 189
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
1 Connected to the public system
2 Connected to a septic ditch
3 Drainage to a wastepipe to a gully or pit
4 Drainage with a wastepipe to a river, lake or sea
5 Does not have drainage
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="MX05A033 MX05A034 MX05A036 MX05A037 MX05A038 MX05A039 MX05A040 MX05A041 MX05A042 MX05A043 MX05A044 MX05A045"><span class="h3">Section I: Characteristics of the dwelling</span><br /><br />If the class of private dwelling is an independent house, apartment in a building or tenement house and dwelling or room on a roof, ask questions of section 1.<br /><br />If it is a premises not built for inhabitation, mobile dwelling or shelter, do not ask the questions of section I: Characteristics of the dwelling.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX05A045"><span class="h3">1.7 Drainage</span><br /><br />A dwelling has drainage if it has a system of pipes that permit eviction away from the dwelling of waters used in the sanitary service or lavatory, in the kitchen sink, in the shower or in other similar instillations.<br /><br />Some synonyms of drainage are: pipes, pipe system, drains, or sewers, among others. When you ask the question, mention the name with which it is known in the region.<br /><br />Take into account the comments of the following chart to locate correctly the answer option.<br /><br />[To the right of the text is the form for 1.7 Drainage.]<br /><br /><div class="i1">1. The public system?<br />Dwelling whose sewage system is connected to the drain system in the street.<br /><br />2. A septic tank?<br />Dwelling whose sewage system discharges into an instillation, excavation or special preparation in the plot of land of the dwelling.<br /><br />3. A pipe that goes to a gully or crack?<br />Dwellings whose sewage system discharges directly to a gully or crack.<br /><br />4. A pipe that goes to a river, lake or sea?<br />Dwellings whose sewage system discharges in a river, lake or sea.<br /><br />5. It does not have drainage?<br />Dwellings that do not have a sewage system to evict water used away from the dwelling.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates availability of drainage.
Universe
Mexico 2005: Private dwellings built for habitation [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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