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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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Waste removal (DO2002A_WASTE)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 178
End: 178
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Waste removal</span>
<br />18. How does this household eliminate its waste material?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Collected by public sanitation service<br />[] 2 Collected by private sanitation service <br />[] 3 Burned<br />[] 4 Thrown in yard or lot <br />[] 5 Put in garbage dump <br />[] 6 Thrown in river or canal <br />[] 7 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Collected by public sanitation service
2 Collected by private sanitation service
3 Burned
4 Thrown in yard or lot
5 Put in garbage dump
6 Thrown in river or canal
7 Other
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 18: How does the garbage get disposed of in this household?</span></p>

<p>Fill in the correct choice according to how it gets disposed.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main type of waste removal for the household.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2002: Private occupied designated households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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