1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1970

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PRI_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Type and location of toilet facilities (PR1970A_TOILET2)

Data file: PRI1970_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 217

End: 217

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<svar a="all" v="PR70A102"><span class="em">H16. Location and type of toilet </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Flush toilet inside structure<br />[] Flush toilet outside structure, for this household only<br />[] Flush toilet outside structure, also used by another household<br />[] Privy<br />[] No flush toilet or privy</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
2	Privy
3	No flush toilet or privy
4	Yes, in this house/apartment
5	Yes, in this building, shared use
6	Yes, outside, exclusive use
7	Yes, outside, shared use
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.

Description

Definition

This variable identifies the type and location of toilet facilities for the household.

Universe

Puerto Rico 1970: All households except group quarters [discrepancies: none]

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