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 supply in the dwelling (FR1968A_WATSUP)

Data file: FRA1968_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 174

End: 174

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="FR68A038">5. Water source <div class="i1">Water running in the dwelling [] 1 Cold water only [] 2 One or more hot water valves. (individual hot water or shared heater) [] 3 No running water in the dwelling but water point inside the house (or the same floor or another floor) [] 4 Water valve outside the house (faucet or pump in the yard, a well, fire hydrant, etc.</div> </svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Running water in the dwelling: one or several hot water faucets
2	Running water in the dwelling: cold water only
3	No running water in the dwelling but water faucet inside the house
4	Water faucet outside of the house
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="FR68A038">4.3.3. Question 5: Water supply You will check one and only one of the four boxes. Box 1 corresponds to the situation where at least one faucet provides hot water (water heater or shared supply). </svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the availability of running water in the dwelling.

Universe

France 1968: Private ordinary dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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