General Census of Population and Housing (1988) - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988

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SEN_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Type of toilet facility (SN1988A_TOILET)

Data file: SEN1988_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 178

End: 178

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="SN88A046">H2. Type of toilet facility<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Water closet, connected to sewage<br />[] 2 Water closet, septic tank<br />[] 3 Cesspool<br />[] 4 Public toilet facility<br />[] 5 In the wild<br />[] 6 Other cases<br />[] 7 No answer</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Toilet, connected to sewage
2	Toilet, septic tank
3	Cesspool
4	Public toilet facility
5	In the wild
6	Other cases
9	Unknown

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="SN88A046">H2) Toilet facility<br /><br />You have to circle the item corresponding to the answer given, that is, the type of toilet facility most commonly used by the household members. This rule can be explained by the fact that different household members may utilize different types of toilet facility.<br /><br /><div class="i1">Note: "WC FOSSE" applies to septic tanks that need to be emptied.<br />"FOSSE PERDUE" applies to latrines.<br />"OTHER" applies to chamber pots that are emptied every morning.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the type of toilet facility used most commonly by the household members.

Universe

Senegal 1988: All households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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