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IX National Population and Housing Census, 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2010
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DOM_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Waste removal (DO2010A_WASTE)

Data file: DOM2010_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 314
End: 314
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section IV - Household characteristics </span></p>

<p>14. How does the garbage get disposed of in this household?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Collected by public sanitation service<br />[] 2 Collected by private sanitation service<br />[] 3 Burned<br />[] 4 Thrown in the backyard or lot<br />[] 5 Put in the garbage dump<br />[] 6 Thrown in the river or ravine<br />[] 7 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Collected by public sanitation service
2 Collected by private sanitation service
3 Burned
4 Thrown in yard or lot
5 Put in garbage dump
6 Thrown in river or canal
7 Other
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
<span class="em">Question 14</span>. How does the garbage get disposed of in this household?
<br />This question identifies the way that the household disposes of its garbage.
<br />Fill in the bubble of the corresponding code to the given answer by the informant. If there are various ways to dispose of the garbage, choose the one that is most frequently used.</p>
<div class="i1">Example: If the interviewee answers that the garbage is burned as well as collected by the municipality, investigate which way is the most common and select the option given with the corresponding code.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates how waste is removed from the dwelling.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2010: Private, occupied dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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