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

Mexico, 2000
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Reference ID
MEX_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Trash disposal (MX2000A_TRASH1)

Data file: MEX2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 238
End: 238
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX00A040">The trash from this household:<br /><br />Read all of the options until you receive an affirmative response.<br />Circle only one answer.<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 Is picked up by a trash truck<br />2 Is deposited in a container or a trash can<br />3 It is thrown in street or empty lot<br />4 It is thrown in a ravine or gully<br />5 It is thrown in a river, lake or ocean<br />6 They burn it or bury it</div><br /></svar>
<br />If answered 5 and 6 continue with section two
Categories
Value Category
1 A garbage truck or cart picks it up
2 They put it in a container or depository
3 They throw it in the street or in a vacant lot
4 The throw it in a ravine or gulley
5 They throw it in the river, lake or sea
6 They burn or bury it
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="MX00A040 MX00A041"><span class="em">17. Garbage Elimination </span><br /><br />These questions discover the form of garbage elimination for the dwelling, that is, if they have a collection service, such as a truck, car or cart, as well as the times that this service comes by to pick up the garbage.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of trash disposal.
Universe
Mexico 2000: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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