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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)
Metadata
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Trash removal (HN2001A_TRASH)

Data file: HND2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 219
End: 219
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section B. Information about the Dwelling</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">Only for individual dwellings that are occupied with persons present</span>
<br />[Questions 5- 12 were asked of individual, occupied dwellings.]</p>

<p><span class="em">Trash removal</span></p>

<p>9. What is the principal form of trash removal?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Throw it in the street, river, ditch, lake, or sea<br />[] 2 It is picked up by a trash collector<br />[] 3 They take it to a deposit or collection site<br />[] 4 They burn it or bury it<br />[] 5 They pay individuals to dispose of it<br />[] 6 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Throw it in the street, river, ditch, lake, or sea
2 It is picked up by a trash collector
3 They take it to the deposit or collection site
4 They burn or bury it
5 They pay individuals to dispose of it
6 Other
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="h3">Only for private dwellings with persons present</span>
<br />[Questions 5-12 were asked of private dwellings with persons present]</p>

<p><span class="em">Basic services of the dwelling</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Trash removal</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 9: Principally, how is trash eliminated?</span>
<br />Read the options in the established order and mark the box for the affirmative response. It is possible that the informant responds that they use more than one form of trash removal, in this case request that he or she indicate the principal form.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the trash removal system used by the dwelling.
Universe
Honduras 2001: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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