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Third General Census of Population and Housing 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 2002
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SEN_2002_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Agency of Statistics and Demography, Minnesota Population Center
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Type of toilet facility (SN2002A_0037)

Data file: SEN2002-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 161
End: 161
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
E04. Type of toilet facility

[] 1 Water closet, connected to sewage
[] 2 Water closet, septic tank
[] 3 Cesspool, Latrine
[] 4 Public toilet facility
[] 5 In the wild
[] 6 Other cases
Categories
Value Category
1 Water closet, connected to sewage
2 Water closet, septic tank
3 Cesspool, latrine
4 Public toilet facility
5 In the wild
6 Other cases
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
E04. Type of toilet facility

You have to circle the item corresponding to the answer given, that is, the type of toilet facility the most often used by the household members. This rule is made because the household members may utilize several types of toilet facility.

A flush toilet (water closet) corresponds to a type of toilet where wastes are drained with water running into pipes. The flush toilet might go into a sewage or to a tank. A cesspool corresponds to a hole dug into the soil.

Note: Record in 6 "Others" the case of chamber pots, emptied every morning.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of toilet facility most often used by the household.
Universe
All households

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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