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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Water supply (BR1970A_WATER)

Data file: BRA1970_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 138

End: 138

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="BR70A010"><span class="h3">7. Water supply</span><br /><div class="i1">General system:<br />[] 1 with interior plumbing<br />[] 2 with exterior plumbing<br />Well or spring:<br />[] 3 with interior plumbing<br />[] 4 without interior plumbing<br />[] 5 other form</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	General system with interior plumbing
2	General system with exterior plumbing
3	Well or spring with interior plumbing
4	Well or spring without interior plumbing
5	Other form
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="BR70A010"><span class="h3">Question 7 - Water Supply</span><br /><br />Record, as the case may be:<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">General System</span></div><br /><div class="i2"><span class="em">With indoor plumbing</span> - when there is piped water inside the dwelling connected to a general system;<br /><span class="em">With outdoor plumbing</span> - when the dwelling has piped water connected to a general system without having internal distribution.</div><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Well or Spring</span></div><br /><div class="i2"><span class="em">With indoor plumbing</span> - when there is plumbing inside the dwelling connected to a well or spring;<br /><span class="em">Without indoor plumbing</span> - when the dwelling has a well or spring without the water being piped inside;<br /><span class="em">Other form</span> - when the dwelling is supplied by a public water source, well or spout located outside the dwelling.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable describes the source of each housing unit's water supply. The basic distinction is whether or not the household had access to piped water, generally from a public distribution system. It also indicates the source of water.

Universe

Brazil 1970: Private permanent dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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