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Censos Nacionales IX de Población y V de Vivienda 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Costa Rica, 2000
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CRI_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
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Sewage (CR2000A_SEWER)

Data file: CRI2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 220
End: 220
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CR00A039"><span class="em">12. Does this dwelling have toilet facilities</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 connected to the public sewer?<br />[] 2 connected to a septic tank?<br />[] 3 pit toilet or latrine?<br />[] 4 other system?<br />[] 5 Doesn't have (skip to 14)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Public sewer system
2 Septic tank
3 Pit or latrine
4 Other system
5 None
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="CR00A039"><span class="h3">Question 12: Availability of Toilet Facilities</span><br /><br />This question permits obtaining an indicator of the sanitary conditions of the country.<br /><br /><span class="em">Toilet facilities</span>: Space equipped within or outside of the dwelling, so that in it its inhabitants can fulfill their physiological needs.<br /><br />Mark with an "X" only one of the following types of toilet facilities.<br /><br />[To the right of the text is a form.]<br /><br /><span class="em">Connected to public service</span>: Toilet facilities are connected to a sewer system that collects sewage from many dwellings.<br /><br />[Below the text is a picture of pipes.]<br /><br /><span class="em">Connected to a septic tank</span>: Toilet facilities are connected to a tank of concrete, cement or other materials, connected to drainage areas. Generally, it is built in the patio of the house. If the tank is connected to a public sewer system, mark the previous option.<br /><br />[Below the text is a picture of pipes.]<br /><br /><span class="em">From pit toilet or latrine</span>: Also called "pit toilet". Consists of a hole over which there is a hut with a cement, concrete or wooden floor, and a base that serves as a latrine made also of any of these materials.<br /><br />[Below the text is a picture of an outhouse.]<br /><br /><span class="em">With another system</span>: Toilet services formed by a "toilet bowl" or any object that drains into a natural current of water: irrigation ditch, ditch, river, estuary, etc.<br /><br />[Below the text is a picture of a house next to a river.]<br /><br /><span class="em">Does not have</span>: The residents of the dwelling are not provided any type of toilet facilities. In this case, the persons generally deposit their excreta directly on the ground, that is to say, they go "to the mountain".<br /><br />If this response is selected go directly to question 14.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of sewage system used by the dwelling.
Universe
Costa Rica 2000: Private, occupied dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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