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VIII Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico de 1970. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1970
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BRA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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Sewage installations (BR1970A_SEWAGE)

Data file: BRA1970_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 139
End: 139
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BR70A011"><span class="h3">8. Sewage installations</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 general sewage system<br />[] 2 septic tank<br />[] 3 rudimentary septic tank<br />[] 4 other drainage<br />[] 5 don't have</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 General sewage system
2 Septic tank
3 Rudimentary septic tank
4 Other drainage
5 Don't have
9 Unknown
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 a="all" v="BR70A011"><span class="h3">Question 8 - Waste Disposal</span><br /><br />Record, as the case may be:<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">General Sewer system</span> - when the toilet is connected to a general sewage collecting system;<br /><span class="em">Septic tank</span> - when the toilet is connected to a septic tank, even if the septic tank serves more than one dwelling;<br /><span class="em">Rudimentary cesspool</span> - when there is no toilet and the dwelling is served by a simple cesspool (rudimentary latrine, well, hole, etc.)<br /><span class="em">Other sewage outlet</span> - when sewage facilities (whether or not there is a toilet) are connected to any sewage outlet which is neither a sewer system, a cesspool, a septic tank or a latrine, such as a river, lake, etc.;</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 58]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Does not have</span> - when the dwelling does not have any kind of toilet or sewage disposal facilities or when its occupants use facilities common to more than one dwelling.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the household has access to a sewage system or septic tank.
Universe
Brazil 1970: Private permanent dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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