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General Census 2005 (XVII of Population and Dwelling and VI of Housing). - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 2005 - 2006
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COL_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
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Trash removal (CO2005A_GARBAGE)

Data file: COL2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 222
End: 222
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CO05A042">4. What is the principal manner of eliminated trash in this dwelling? (expanded)<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Is it collected by trash services?<br />[] 2 Is it buried?<br />[] 3 Do they burn it?<br />[] 4 Do they throw the trash on a patio, lot, ditch, or open plot?<br />[] 5 Do they throw the trash in a river, well, creek or lagoon?<br />[] 6 Do they remove it in another manner?</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Collected by trash services
2 Buried
3 Burned
4 Thrown on a patio, plot, or ditch
5 Thrown in a river, sewer drain, creek, lagoon
6 Eliminated in another manner
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the principal way the trash is removed in the dwelling.
Universe
Colombia 2005: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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