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VIII National Population and Housing Census, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2002
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DOM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Pollution: stagnant water (DO2002A_POLSWAT)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 151
End: 151
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Environmental pollution </span></p>

<p>9. Which of the following sources of pollution exist close to the dwelling? Read each alternative and mark those for which the answer is yes.</p>
<div class="i1">[] a Stagnant water <br />[] b Accumulation of garbage<br />[] c Irrigation canal containing garbage or polluted water <br />[] d Noise from vehicles or engines<br />[] e Pigsty or farm <br />[] f Factory smoke/gases<br />[] g Factory or workshop noises<br />[] h Waste material from factory, workshop, clinic etc. <br />[] i Noise and smoke from electric power plant<br />[] j Gas bottling plant <br />[] k Gasoline station<br />[] l Loud music from bars, take-aways (colmados), or neighbors<br />[] m No pollution</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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
<span class="em">Question 9: What are the main sources of pollution in this household?</span></p>

<p>[In box: Notice that in this questions there could be more than one answer.] Read slowly all the possible answers, and fill in all the indicated answers.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates that households experience pollution in the form of stagnant water.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2002: Occupied households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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