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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 water (MX2005A_WATSRC1)

Data file: MEX2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 186
End: 186
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX05A042"><span class="h3">1.5 Availability of Water</span><br /><span class="em">In this dwelling do they have water from:</span><br />Mark a single answer<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 The public system within the dwelling?<br />[] 2 The public system outside the dwelling but within the plot of land?<br />[] 3 A public faucet (or hydrant)?<br />[] 4 Another dwelling?<br />[] 5 A pipe?<br />[] 6 A well?<br />[] 7 A river, stream, lake or other?</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Water from a public system within the dwelling
2 Water from a public system on the plot but outside the dwelling
3 Public well or hydrant
4 From another dwelling
5 Water from a pipe
6 Water from a well
7 Water from a river, stream, lake or other
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="MX05A042"><span class="h3">1.5 Availability of water</span><br /><br />With this question, dwellings that have water from a pipe that is supplied by the public service system are identified (whether inside or outside the dwelling): as well as the form in which people are supplied water when not from the public service in their dwelling or in their property.<br /><br />Read each one of the options until getting an affirmative answer and mark only one answer in the Questionnaire. Keep in mind the following considerations to help the informant and identify the option of the correct answer.<br /><br />[To the right of the text is the form for 1.5 Availability of water.]<br /><br /><div class="i1">1. The public system within the dwelling?<br />If water is provided by the public service system and the dwelling has a system of pipes so that it can come to the kitchen, toilet, bathroom or other similar instillations.<br /><br />2. The public system away from the dwelling but within the plot of land?<br />If water is provided by the public service system, but only to a hydrant or faucet within the plot of land<br /><br />3. A public well or hydrant?<br />If inhabitants are provided water, carrying it from a hydrant or faucet in the street.<br /><br />4. Another dwelling?<br />If inhabitants are provided water, carrying it from another dwelling.<br /><br />5. A pipe?<br />If inhabitants are provided water through means of service of a tanker. Generally it is stored in cans, tanks, or another class of recipients.<br /><br />6. A well?<br />If inhabitants are provided water that comes from wells, which can be located within or away from the plot or piece of land.<br /><br />7. A river, stream, lake or other?<br />If inhabitants get water from a river, stream, lake, canal, reservoir, etc.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates availability of water.
Universe
Mexico 2005: Private dwellings built for habitation

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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