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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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National Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Source of water (SN1988A_WATSRC)

Data file: SEN1988_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 179
End: 179
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="SN88A047"> H3. Source of water<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Well inside house<br />[] 2 Well outside house<br />[] 3 Tap, inside house<br />[] 4 Tap, outside house<br />[] 5 Deep well, pump<br />[] 6 Spring, river<br />[] 7 Other case</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Well inside house
2 Well outside house
3 Tap, inside house
4 Tap, outside house
5 Deep well, pump
6 Spring, river
7 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="SN88A047">H3) Source of water<br /><div class="i1">Circle the item corresponding to the most frequent source of water for the household. If the household uses several sources of water, just keep the most frequent type.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the source of water used most frequently by the household.
Universe
Senegal 1988: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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