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General Population Census of 1968 - IPUMS Subset

France, 1968
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FRA_1968_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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INSEE (Institut National de la Statisque et des Etudes Economiques), IPUMS
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Drainage of toilets (FR1968A_TOILDRAN)

Data file: FRA1968_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 142
End: 142
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="FR68A012 FR68A013"><span class="h3">9. Drainage from bathrooms and household water</span><br /><div class="i1">9a. Toilets<br />[] 1 Direct connection to the sewer (without passing through a septic tank)<br />[] 2 Septic tank.<br />[] 3 Cesspit (with or without period draining).<br />9b. Household water (sink, laundry, hygiene, etc.).<br />[] 1 Direct connection to sewer<br />[] 2 Other cases (gutter, ditch, sump, etc.)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Direct connection to the sewer (w/o passing through a septic tank)
2 Septic tank
3 Pit
4 Other
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="FR68A012 FR68A013"><span class="h3">3.3.6. Question 9: Drainage of lavatories and household water.</span><br />Check one single box among the four choice in question 9a and one single box among the two in question 9b. Do not check box 1 in either question when there is, in your district, some sewers made to receive the waste water from the lavatories and used household water. City hall must inform you of the existence and the characteristics of the sewer system.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of drainage of the toilets.
Universe
France 1968: Private ordinary dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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