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XVI National Population and V de Housing Census1993 - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1993 - 1994
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), Minnesota Population Center
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Drinking water source (CO1993A_0028)

Data file: COL1993-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 139
End: 139
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
18. Water for preparing meals comes from:

[] 1 Piped
[] 2 Well or cistern
[] 3 Public tank/tap
[] 4 River or stream
[] 5 Rainwater
[] 6 Bottled water
Categories
Value Category
1 Piped
2 Well or cistern
3 Public tank/tap
4 River or stream
5 Rainwater
6 Bottled water
8 Unknown
9 NIU (some deviation)
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
18. Water for preparing meals comes from:

When two or more sources are used in the same household (for example from a water system and well water; cistern truck and rain water) explain to the interviewed person that the option to select is the one that it used most frequently for preparing their meals.

[p. 161]

[At the top of the page is a form.]

Take into account the following criteria:


Public well
It is a faucet, pump or faucet located in a place in which all persons of the area have free access, for supplying water.

Cistern Tank
It is a vehicle adapted for storing and distributing water.

Water seller
A person who brings water in recipients and sells it for consumption in dwellings.

River, ditch or spring
When water comes directly from a natural current.

Rain water
It is water caught and stored in tanks, baskets, or other recipients.

Bottled water
It is that which has had a previous purification treatment done by company experts and that is obtained in commerce in demijohns, bottles or bags.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the source of drinking water for the dwelling.
Universe
Occupied dwellings with people present at enumeration

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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