VI National Population and Housing Census, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981

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Reference ID

DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Use of toilet exclusive to dwelling (DO1981A_TOILET)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 216

End: 216

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

16. Toilet facilities</p>
<div class="i1">a) Does this dwelling have toilet facilities?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Toilet connected to sewer<br />[] 2 Toilet connected to a septic tank<br />[] 3 Toilet of unknown connection<br />[] 4 Latrine<br />[] 5 Does not have</div><div class="i1">b) Are the toilet facilities for the exclusive use of this dwelling?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
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

<span class="em">Question 16: Toilet Facilities</span><div class="i1"><span class="em">a) Does the dwelling have toilet facilities?</span><br /><br />The alternatives are read and the corresponding circle is filled in.<br /><br />[The instructions refer to graphic illustrations, the options are: toilet connected to sewer, toilet connected to septic tank, toilet connected to unknown system, latrine, does not have]</div><div class="i1"><span class="em">b) Is the toilet for the exclusive use of this dwelling?</span><br /><br />If the toilet is only used by persons living in the dwelling, circle 1 (yes) is filled in.<br /><br />If it is used by persons from 2 or more dwellings, circle 2 (no) is filled in.</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the exclusivity of the use of the toilet to the dwelling.

Universe

Dominican Republic 1981: Primary household in occupied dwellings with a toilet or sewage facility [discrepanices: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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