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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Source of water (PR1970A_WATERSRC)

Data file: PRI1970_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 169

End: 170

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="PR70A052"><span class="em">H29. What means do you use to obtain water for your housing unit?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] Public system or private company<br />[] Individual well<br />[] Cistern, tanks, or drums<br />[] Irrigation canal<br />[] Spring or other source (river, etc)</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Public system or private company
02	Individual well
06	Cistern, tanks, or drums
07	Irrigation canal
09	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.

Description

Definition

This variable identifies the source of water for the household.

Universe

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

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