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National Census of Housing and Population 1976 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 1976
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BOL_1976_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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Water source (BO1976A_WATSRC)

Data file: BOL1976_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 197
End: 197
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BO76A034 BO76A035">4. Availability of water service<br /><div class="i1">[Question 4 was asked of persons in private dwellings, per Question 1.]</div> <br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO76A035"><div class="i1">4.2 Source of the water</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Public system<br />[] 2 Private system<br />[] 3 Well or pump<br />[] 4 Rain water tank<br />[] 5 River, lake, spring or stream<br />[] 6 Delivery vehicle<br />[] 7 Other (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Public system
2 Private system
3 Well or pump
4 Rain water tank
5 River, lake, spring
6 Delivery truck
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
<svar v="BO76A034 BO76A035"><span class="em">Question 4. Availability of water service</span><br /><br />This question consists of two parts: the supply system and the origin of water.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO76A035"><span class="em">4.2 Origin of water</span><br /><br />Write down if the water comes from a public system, a private system, well, waterwheel, etc.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the household's water source.
Universe
Bolivia 1976: Occupied dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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