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XIV National Population and III Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1973
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COL_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Residence has electricity (CO1973A_ELECTRIC)

Data file: COL1973_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 189
End: 189
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CO73A017 CO73A018 CO73A019"><span class="em">6. Connection to public services</span><br /><div class="i1">Is this house connected to:<br /><br />a) Running water?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 yes<br />[] 2 no</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">b) Sewer?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 yes<br />[] 2 no</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">c) Electricity?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 yes<br />[] 2 no</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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="CO73A017 CO73A018 CO73A019"><span class="em">Question No. 6 Connection to public services.</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Read each one of the three parts that the question is composed of and wait each time for the response of the person.<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">a) Does this dwelling have a connection to a water system?</span><br /><br />Mark "x" in the box yes, when a dwelling is connected to a system of pipes of water, whether property of the State or private. In the contrary case mark "x" in the box no.</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 26]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">b) Does this dwelling have a connection with a sewer system?</span><br /><br />Mark "x" in the box yes when a dwelling is connected to a drainage sewer system that permits the elimination of residues and sewage. In the contrary case mark "x" in the box no.<br /><br /><span class="em">c) Does this dwelling have a connection to electric energy?</span><br /><br />Mark "x" in the box yes when a dwelling is connected to a public or privately owned electrical system. In the contrary case, mark "x" in the box no.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the household has access to electricity.
Universe
Colombia 1973: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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