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4th Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2012
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RWA_2012_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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Main source of water (RW2012A_WATSRC)

Data file: RWA2012_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 188
End: 188
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section H: Housing Units Characteristics</span></p>

<p>10. What is the main source of water supply for members of the household?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Internal pipe-born water<br />[] 2 Pipe-born water in the compound<br />[] 3 Public tap out of the compound<br />[] 4 Protected spring/well<br />[] 5 Unprotected spring/ well<br />[] 6 Rain water<br />[] 7 River<br />[] 8 Lake/stream/pond/surface water<br />[] 9 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Internal pipe-born water
2 Pipe-born water in the compound
3 Public tap out of the compound
4 Protected spring or well
5 Unprotected spring or well
6 Rain water
7 River
8 Lake, stream, pond, or surface water
9 Other
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main source of water for the household.
Universe
Rwanda 2012: All households

concept

Concept
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