XII Censo General de Población y Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Venezuela, RB, 1990

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VEN_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Oficina Central de Estadística e Informática, IPUMS

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Water source (VE1990A_WATERSRC)

Data file: VEN1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 183

End: 183

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="VE90A022">10. Water arrives at this dwelling via:<br /><div class="i1">[] Aqueduct (piped)<br />[] Public cistern (<span class="lang">pila</span>)<br />[] Tanker truck<br />[] Other means</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Aqueduct
2	Public fountain/tap
3	Truck
4	Other
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

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="VE90A022"><span class="em">Question No.10</span><br /><br />[Water]<br />[The instructions refer to a graphic of section II, question 10 on the census form.]<br /><br />-- Read the question and possible answers and fill in the cell that corresponds to the way in which water is normally supplied to the occupants of the dwelling.<br /><br />Aqueduct:<br /><div class="i1">Water arrives at the dwelling directly from plumbing connected directly to the public water system.</div><br /><br />Public fountain:<br /><div class="i1">Water is obtained at a public fountain or cistern that is connected to the public water system.</div><br /><br />Truck:<br /><div class="i1">The water supply is provided via a tanker truck.</div><br /><br />Other:<br /><div class="i1">The water supply is provided through a means different than mentioned above: wells, <span class="lang">aljibes</span> (cistern tank for storing rain-water), ponds (<span class="lang">jagueyes, jagüeyes</span>), rivers, streams, etc.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the means by which water arrived at this dwelling.

Universe

Venezuela 1990: Private permanent occupied dwellings, except "other type" [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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