Census of Population of Ireland, 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1991

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IRL_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Connection to piped water supply (IE1991A_WATSUP)

Data file: IRL1991_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 145

End: 145

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">PART B - Household questions</span></p>

<p>[Questions 25-33 should be answered with respect to each private household. These questions need not be answered with respect to institutions or private households living in caravans or other mobile dwellings.]</p>

<p>Q.29 Water supply</p>
<div class="i1">Insert a check mark in appropriate box<br /><br />Piped water supply:<br /><br />[] 1 Connected to public main<br />[] 2 Connected to a group water scheme with a local authority source of supply<br />[] 3 Connected to a group water scheme with a private source of supply (e.g., borehole, lake, etc.)<br />[] 4 Connected to other private source (e.g., well, lake, rain-water tank, etc.)<br />[] 5 No piped water supply<br /><br />Is there a water tap inside the building?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>

Value	Category
1	Public main
2	Group water scheme, local authority source
3	Group water scheme, private source
4	Other private source
5	No piped water
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the type of piped water supply for a household.

Universe

Ireland 1991: Private non-mobile households [discrepancies: type I none; type II .2%]

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