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X Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1991
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BRA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Minnesota Population Center
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Water supply (BR1991A_0021)

Data file: BRA1991-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 165
End: 165
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 6
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
5. Water supply

With interior plumbing:
[] 1 general system
[] 2 well or spring
[] 3 other form
With exterior plumbing:
[] 4 general system
[] 5 well or spring
[] 6 other form
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 General system with indoor plumbing
2 Well or spring with indoor plumbing
3 Other source with indoor plumbing
4 General system with piped water without indoor plumbing
5 Well or spring without indoor plumbing
6 Other form without indoor plumbing
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
Question 5 - Water Supply

Mark:

With indoor plumbing:


1 - General system - when the dwelling is served with water piped from a general supply system, with indoor plumbing to one or more rooms;
2 - Well or spring - when the dwelling is served with piped water connected to a well or spring, with indoor plumbing to one or more rooms;
3 - Other form - when the dwelling has indoor plumbing but the reservoir (or tank) is supplied from rain water or by truck, etc.;


Without indoor plumbing:


4 - General system - when the dwelling is served with water taken from a general system piped to the premises without there being indoor plumbing in the dwelling;
5 - Well or spring - when the dwelling is served with water from its own well or spring without indoor plumbing; or
6 - Other form - when the water used in the dwelling is obtained from a public font, well, spout, etc. located off the premises without there being indoor plumbing.


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If there are different types of water supply, record the most important in the order described above.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the water supply system.
Universe
Dwellings that are not improvised or collective

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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