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VIII National Population and Housing Census 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2002
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DOM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), Minnesota Population Center
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Water source (DO2002A_0072)

Data file: DOM2002-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 180
End: 181
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Water source
15. Where does the water for washing, cleaning, bathing, etc., used in this household come from?

[] 1 Water conduit inside the house
[] 2 Water conduit in the yard of the house
[] 3 Public tap
[] 4 Spring, river, stream
[] 5 Well
[] 6 Rainfall
[] 7 Tanker truck
[] 8 Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Water conduit inside house
2 Water conduit in yard of house
3 Public tap
4 Spring, river, stream
5 Well
6 Rainwater
7 Water truck
8 Other
99 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
Question 15: What is the principal source of water used to wash, scrub, shower, etc. in this household?

Fill in the correct given answer. If the household water source is more than one, record the one mainly used.

If the water source is not any of the options provided from 1-7, fill in option 8 (other).

If the interviewee tells you that the water source comes from a broken tube or pipe on the street, back yard, plot or other place, fill in option 3 (From water conduit, piped in water)

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the household's main water source.
Universe
Private occupied designated households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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