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National Census of Housing and Population 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 2012
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Reference ID
BOL_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
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Jul 30, 2025
Last modified
Aug 01, 2025
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Primary souce of water (BO2012A_WATSRC)

Data file: BOL2012_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 194
End: 194
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Chapter B. Main characteristics of the dwelling</span></p>

<p>7. Does the water used in this dwelling come primarily from...?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Public utility pipes<br />[] 2 Public wash basin<br />[] 3 Water truck<br />[] 4 Well or waterwheel with pump<br />[] 5 Well or waterwheel with no pump<br />[] 6 Rainwater, river, spring, stream<br />[] 7 Lake, pond, wetland</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Public utility pipes
2 Public wash basin
3 Water truck
4 Well or waterwheel with pump
5 Well or waterwheel with no pump
6 Rainwater, river, spring, stream
7 Lake, pond, wetland
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
<span class="h2">Chapter B. Main characteristics of the dwelling</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">Water supply</span>
<br /><span class="em">7. Water supply system</span>
<br />Mark the appropriate circle or bubble.
<br /><span class="em">8. Water distribution within the dwelling</span>
<br />Mark the appropriate circle or bubble.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the dwelling's primary source of water.
Universe
Bolivia 2012: Private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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