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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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Water source for domestic use (FR1968A_WATSRC)

Data file: FRA1968_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 175
End: 175
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="FR68A039"><span class="h3">6. Water source for domestic use.</span><br /><div class="i1">Public supply<br />[] 1 Building connected to a collective network of distribution (city; village; service of waters; plant, etc)<br />[] 2 Fire hydrant, fountain, source or public wells<br />Well, tank, fountain, or private source<br />[] 3 With pipe connection in the building<br />[] 4 Without a pipe connection in the building</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Public supplying: water main serving the building (city, town, water service, factory, etc.)
2 Public supplying: fire hidrant, fountain, spring, public well
3 Well, cistern, foutain or private spring: with connection to a building by pipes
4 Well, cistern, foutain or private spring: without connection to a building by pipes
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
<svar a="all" v="FR68A039"><span class="h3">3.3.5. Question 6: Water source for domestic use.</span><br />Do not count anything but water for domestic use (especially for the kitchen) and not water used for gardening, feeding cattle, etc.<br />Check box 1 (public supply) or box 3 (private supply) the case where a building connected to a shared water main or box 2 (building connected by way of a pipe to a water extension) in the situation where a pipe brings water inside of a building; check box 2 or box 4 when the water must be carried in.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the source of drinking water for the dwelling.
Universe
France 1968: Private ordinary dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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