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1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1991
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Reference ID
BWA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
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Principal source of water supply (BW1991A_WATERSUP)

Data file: BWA1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 197
End: 197
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section E</span>
<br /><span class="em">[Housing]</span></p>

<p><span class="em">(Circle response)</span></p>

<p>10. Water supply</p>
<div class="i1">What is the principal source of water supply for this household?<br /><br />[] 1 Piped indoors or in own yard <br />[] 2 Stand pipe <br />[] 3 Borehole <br />[] 4 Well <br />[] 5 Flowing river <br />[] 6 Sand river <br />[] 7 Dam/pan <br />[] Other (specify) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Piped indoors
2 Standpipe
3 Borehole
4 Well
5 Flowing river
6 Sand river
7 Dam or pan
8 Other
9 Unknown
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="em">Column E10: Principal Source of Water Supply</span></p>

<p>What is the principal source of water supply for this household?</p>

<p>Circle the appropriate answer code for the principal source of water supply. If the particular source of water supply is not listed, write down the source under "Other (specify)". In cattlepost areas, where people have to travel long distances to obtain water from a standpipe, indicate in the "Comments" column that it is a cattlepost situation if the response is "standpipe".</p>
<div class="i1">1 Piped indoors or in own yard<br />2 Standpipe<br />3 Borehole<br />4 Well<br />5 Flowing river<br />6 Sand river<br />7 Dam/Pan<br />Other (specify)</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the principal source of water supply for the household.
Universe
Botswana 1991: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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