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Noveno Censo Nacional de Población y Quinto de Vivienda de Panamá 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Panama, 1990
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PAN_1990_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo, Minnesota Population Center
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Electricity and sewage (PA1990A_0084)

Data file: PAN1990-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 219
End: 219
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
9. This dwelling has sewer facilities that are

Pit or latrine?


[] 1 Private use
[] 4 Shared use


Connected to sewer system?


[] 2 Private use
[] 5 Shared use


Connected to a septic tank?


[] 3 Private use
[] 6 Shared use


[] 7 None





10. What type of lighting does the dwelling have?

[] 1 Electricity from IRHE
[] 2 Electricity from private utility
[] 3 Kerosene
[] 4 Gas
[] 5 Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity and sewer
2 Electricity and latrine
3 Electricity without waste facilities
4 Without electricity, but with sewer
5 Without electricity, but with latrine
6 Without both electricity and waste facilities
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
Questions 3 to 14 only are asked at dwellings with occupants present classified in one of the circles 01 to 05 of question Number 1 "Type of Dwelling".




Question Number 9: Does this dwelling have sewer facilities?
Toilet facilities are defined as an instillation for eliminating excreta.
Read the question and every one of the following response options that appear in the questionnaire. Afterwards the enumerated person will indicate one of the three response options that appear in the questionnaire: Of pit or latrine, connected to a sewer system or a septic tank. After the enumerated person indicates the ownership of one of the three options, ask if it is of public or private use.
It should be kept in mind that you can only mark a single circle according to the response that the person gives. Make any explanations that you consider necessary taking into consideration the following:

[p. 44]


a. Toilet facilities can be connected to a system of sewers (sewer system) that serves the whole community or a part of it; they can be connected to a septic tank, generally built from waterproof concrete, whose existence is more frequent in a sub-urban area; or they can be of a pit or latrine. In the case of the areas or urbanizations that have a septic tank for all dwellings, consider the facilities as connected to a sewer system.
b. Toilet facilities can be of private or collective use.


Private use: When they are for the exclusive use of one dwelling (Circles 1 to 3)
Collective use: When they are for the use or two or more dwellings (Circles 4 to 6)


c. If the dwelling does not have toilet facilities, mark Circle 7 (it does not have them).

Example:
In the visited dwelling, they indicate to you that they have toilet facilities of private use and that they are connected to the sewer system of the IDAAN. They response will be written down as:

[There is not a question under the text.]




Question Number 10: What type of lighting does the dwelling have?
Mark a single circle in agreement with the response of the person.

a. Electric from the IRHE (Circle 1):
When the dwelling has electric installations provided from connections of the IRHE.
b. Electric from Private sources (Circle 2):
When the dwelling has electric installations provided from connections of any other kind (owned motor, from the city, from a private company).
c. Kerosene (Circle 3):
When the occupants of the dwelling are illuminated with kerosene.
d. Gas (Circle 4):
When the occupants of the dwelling are illuminated with kerosene.
e. Other (Circle 5):
When the occupants of the dwelling use another type of illumination that is not mentioned above (Example: candles).

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the dwelling has electricity and sewage.
Universe
Private occupied households

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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