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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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Time to get water (minutes) (LS2006A_WATTIME)

Data file: LSO2006_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 217
End: 217
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p>63. How long does it take to get water? </p>
<div class="i1">[Skip this question if coded 1,5 or 9 in Question 62.]<br />State time in minutes. I.e. to go, get water and come back walking.<br /><br />[] 1 00-14 Minutes <br />[] 2 15-29 Minutes <br />[] 3 30-44 Minutes <br />[] 4 45-49 Minutes <br />[] 5 50-59 Minutes <br />[] 6 60-119 Minutes <br />[] 7 120 plus minutes</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 00 to 14 minutes
2 15 to 29 minutes
3 30 to 44 minutes
4 45 to 49 minutes
5 50 to 59 minutes
6 60 to 119 minutes
7 120+ minutes
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>132. Column 63: How long does it take to get water?</p>
<div class="i1">Please record the minutes the household takes to get to the source of drinking water, get water and come back (walking).</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the time (minutes) to get water of the household.
Universe
Lesotho 2006: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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