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Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2006
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Reference ID
LSO_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Main source of drinking water (LS2006A_WATSRC)

Data file: LSO2006_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 215
End: 216
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section H. Housing characteristics and household possessions</span></p>

<p>62. What is the source of drinking water for the household?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Piped water on premise <br />[] 2 Piped water community supply <br />[] 3 Catchment tank <br />[] 4 Public well <br />[] 5 Private well <br />[] 6 Spring covered <br />[] 7 Spring not covered <br />[] 8 River <br />[] 9 Private borehole<br />[] 10 Public borehole<br />[] 11 Other, specify ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Piped water on premises
02 Piped water community supply
03 Catchment tank
04 Public well
05 Private well
06 Spring covered
07 Spring uncovered
08 River
09 Private borehole
10 Public borehole
11 Other
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="h2">Part H of the questionnaire</span>
<br />Housing Characteristics and Household Possessions (for the household head)</p>

<p>131. Column 62: What is the source of drinking water for the household?</p>
<div class="i1">Column 62 relates to source of drinking water for the household. Code according to the response and the given list.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main source of drinking water of the household.
Universe
Lesotho 2006: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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