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XIII Recenseamento Geral da População e III Recenseamento Geral da Habitação - IPUMS Subset

Portugal, 1991
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PRT_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Portugal Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Water supply system (PT1991A_WATSUP)

Data file: PRT1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 154
End: 154
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PT91A029 PT91A030 PT91A034 PT91A031 PT91A041 PT91A032 PT91A037 PT91A033 PT91A039 PT91A035 PT91A036 PT91A038">[Questions 7-18 were asked of private dwellings only]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PT91A034 PT91A031 PT91A041 PT91A032 PT91A037 PT91A033 PT91A039 PT91A035 PT91A036 PT91A038"> [Questions 8-18 were asked of usual-residence dwellings only]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PT91A031">9. Water supply system:<br /><div class="i1">Piped water available:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 2 Inside the dwelling, from a public network<br />[] 4 Inside the dwelling, from a private source<br />[] 6 Piped water available within the building but outside the housing unit</div><br /><div class="i1">No piped water available but providing from:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Public drinking fountain<br />[] 3 Private well or hole<br />[] 5 Public well with pump<br />[] 7 Public well without pump or surface water fountain<br />[] 9 Other way</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No piped water available but providing from public drinking fountain
2 Piped water available in the housing unit from a public network
3 No piped water available but providing from well or private hole
4 Piped water available in the housing unit from a private source
5 No piped water available but providing from public well with pump
6 Piped water available within the building but outside the housing unit
7 No piped water available but providing from public well without pump
9 No piped water available but providing from other sources (others than the previously described)
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="PT91A031"><span class="em">Question 9: Water supply system:</span><br /><br />We intend to know what kind of system does the dwelling have for water supply.<br /><br />The first distinction between forms of water supply is whether the dwelling has piped water supply or not.<br /><div class="i1">a) If it has piped water available in the housing unit it can be:</div><br /><div class="i2">1. From a public network<br />2. From a private source</div><br />Note: When a dwelling has piped water in the yard, the kitchen or the bathroom, we must consider it as having piped water available within the housing unit.<br /><div class="i1">b) However, if the dwelling has water in the yard but not in any of the rooms we must consider it as having <span class="ital">Piped water available within the building but outside the housing unit</span>.</div><br />If it does <span class="ital">not have piped water available</span> in the interior of the dwelling or the building, the residents must be supplied water from one of the following methods:<br /><div class="i1">a) Public drinking fountain<br />b) Private well or hole<br />c) Private well with pump<br />d) Public well without pump or surface water fountain<br />e) Other</div><br />Note: If it has various sources of water supply you must consider the one that is used the most for cooking and for hygiene purposes.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of water supply system.
Universe
Portugal 1991: Private, usual residence households [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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