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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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Water source (DO2002A_WATSRC)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 174
End: 175
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Water source</span>
<br />15. Where does the water for washing, cleaning, bathing, etc., used in this household come from?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Water conduit inside the house<br />[] 2 Water conduit in the yard of the house<br />[] 3 Public tap<br />[] 4 Spring, river, stream <br />[] 5 Well<br />[] 6 Rainfall <br />[] 7 Tanker truck <br />[] 8 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Water conduit inside house
02 Water conduit in yard of house
03 Public tap
04 Spring, river, stream
05 Well
06 Rainwater
07 Water truck
08 Other
99 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 15: What is the principal source of water used to wash, scrub, shower, etc. in this household?</span></p>

<p>Fill in the correct given answer. If the household water source is more than one, record the one mainly used. </p>

<p>If the water source is not any of the options provided from 1-7, fill in option 8 (other).</p>

<p>If the interviewee tells you that the water source comes from a broken tube or pipe on the street, back yard, plot or other place, fill in option 3 (From water conduit, piped in water)

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the household's main water source.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2002: Private occupied designated households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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