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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: waste (DO2002A_POLWASTE)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 152
End: 152
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 waste pollution.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2002: Occupied households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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