Census of Population and Housing 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1990

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PRI_1990_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Source of water (PR1990A_0063)

Data file: PRI1990-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 200

End: 200

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

H14. Do you get water from --

1 [ ] A public system?
2 [ ] An individual well?
3 [ ] A cistern, tanks, or drums?
4 [ ] A spring or some other source, such as a river, irrigation canal, etc.?

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Public system or private company
3	Individual well, drilled
6	Cistern, tanks, or drums
8	Spring or 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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the source of the dwelling's water supply, and whether the unit supplied its own water via an individual well or was attached to a larger public or private system.

Universe

Private dwellings

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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