2004 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2004

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SLE_2004_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS

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Dec 20, 2012

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Distance to nearest source of water (SL2004A_DISTWATR)

Data file: SLE2004_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 226

End: 226

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="SL04A045 SL04A046 SL04A047">What is the distance from home to the nearest<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="SL04A047"><div class="i1">H17. Source of water</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 On premises<br />[] 2 Less than half mile<br />[] 3 Half mile and less than one mile<br />[] 4 One mile and less than five miles<br />[] 5 Five miles and above</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	On premises
2	Less than half a mile
3	Between half a mile and less than one mile
4	Between one mile and less than five miles
5	Five miles or more

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 indicates the distance from the dwelling to the nearest source of water.

Universe

Sierra Leone 2004: All households

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Concept

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