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XVI Population Census and V Dwelling Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Honduras, 2001
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Reference ID
HND_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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DDI/XML JSON
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Jul 30, 2025
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Sanitary services (HN2001A_TOILET)

Data file: HND2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 232
End: 232
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section C. Household information</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Sanitary service</span></p>

<p>5. Does this household have?:</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Toilet connected to a public sewer system<br />[] 2 Toilet connected to a septic tank<br />[] 3 Toilet that drains into a river, ditch, lagoon, sea, or lake<br />[] 4 Latrine with a simple well<br />[] 5 None (Continue to question 7)</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Toilet connected to a public sewer system
2 Toilet connected to a septic tank
3 Toilet that drains into a river, ditch, lagoon, sea, or lake
4 Latrine with a simple well
5 None
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">Sanitary service</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 5: Does this household have:</span>
<br />A toilet connected to a sewage network?; toilet connected to a septic tank?; toilet that drains into a river, ditch, lagoon, sea, or lake?; a latrine with a simple well?; does not have? Mark only one box.</p>

<p>If there are doubts, remember that:</p>
<div class="i1">- <span class="ital">Toilet connected to a sewage system</span>: This is when the toilet waste and sewage waters are cleaned water under pressure arriving by pipes or with a bucket of water which discharges to a network of a sewage system.<br /><br />- <span class="ital">Toilet connected to a septic tank</span>: This is when the toilet wastes and sewage water are cleaned with water at pressure, arriving with pressure through pipes or with a bucket of water is discharged to a deposit built for this.</div><p> [Illustration is omitted]</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 40]</span><div class="i1">- <span class="ital">Toilet that discharges into a river, ditch, lagoon, sea, or lake</span>: This is when the excretions and sewage waters are cleaned by water under pressure that arrives through pipelines or a bucket of water and discharge directly to the river, ditch, lagoon, sea or lake.<br /><br />- <span class="ital">Latrine with a simple well</span>: This consists of a rather deep hole over which a cement or wood toilet is built.<br /><br />- <span class="ital">Does not have</span>: When the household does not have a system for eliminating excretions. If you mark this option, continue with question 7.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the household has a sanitary service and its type.
Universe
Honduras 2001: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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