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XII General Population and Housing Census, 2000 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2000
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MEX_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Flush toilet (MX2000A_FLUSH)

Data file: MEX2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 221
End: 221
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX00A023">10. Water Connection<br /><br />For this toilet:<br />Read all of the options until you receive an affirmative response. Circle only one answer.<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 Has a water connection<br />2 Flushed with water in a bucket<br />3 Cannot be flushed</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Has a sewer connection
2 They flush by pouring in water from a bucket
3 Can't pour water in (no drain)
9 Not specified
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="MX00A023"><span class="em">10. Water Connection</span><br /><br />The toilet facilities are considered to have a water connection when it has a lever or pedal that regulates the passage of the water. If it does not have a connection, and they pour water it, normally with a bucket, to eliminate the excrement, circle code 2.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether toilet facilities have sewer connection.
Universe
Mexico 2000: Households living in a dwelling with toilet facilities [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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