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XVI National Population and V de Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1993 - 1994
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Reference ID
COL_1993_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Waste disposal (CO1993A_GARBAGE)

Data file: COL1993_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 184
End: 184
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CO93A012 CO93A013 CO93A014 CO93A015 CO93A016 CO93A017 CO93A018 CO93A019 CO93A020 CO93A021"><span class="h1">II. Information about the dwelling</span><br /><br /><span class="em">(Only for household number one)</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO93A016"><span class="em">10. How is trash eliminated?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Thrown in river, ridge, or lagoon<br />[] 2 Thrown in yard, field, ditch, or empty lot<br />[] 3 Incineration, burial<br />[] 4 Picked up by public or private garbage service</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Thrown in river
2 Thrown in yard
3 Incineration, burial
4 Picked up by garbage service
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
<svar v="CO93A012 CO93A013 CO93A014 CO93A015 CO93A016 CO93A017 CO93A018 CO93A019 CO93A020 CO93A021"><span class="h3">II. Dwelling information</span><br />[Applies to household number one only]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO93A016"><span class="em">10. How is trash eliminated?</span><br /><br />Only consider the predominant form of elimination of trash of the dwelling.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the method for disposing of the waste by the household.
Universe
Colombia 1993: Occupied dwellings with people present at enumeration [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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