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Eighth General Population and Housing Census, 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2012
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Reference ID
SUR_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
General Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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DDI/XML JSON
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Water supply (SR2012A_WATSUP)

Data file: SUR2012_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 156
End: 156
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Household module</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">Part 3: Facilities available to the household</span>
<br />[Applies to questions 10 - 18]</p>

<p>14. What is the main type of water supply for this household?</p>
<div class="i1">N.B.: Please provide only one answer.<br /><br />[] 1 Tap water, indoor</div><div class="i2">Supplied by:</div><div class="i3">[] 1 SWM (<span class="lang">Surinaamsche Waterleiding Maatschappij</span>)<br />[] 2 Natural resources<br />[] 3 other</div><div class="i1">[] 2 Tap water, outdoor 200m and under</div><div class="i2">Supplied by:</div><div class="i3">[] 1 SWM (<span class="lang">Surinaamsche Waterleiding Maatschappij</span>)<br />[] 2 Natural resources<br />[] 3 other</div><div class="i1">[] 3 Tap water, outdoor over 200m</div><div class="i2">Supplied by:</div><div class="i3">[] 1 SWM (<span class="lang">Surinaamsche Waterleiding Maatschappij</span>)<br />[] 2 Natural resources<br />[] 3 other</div><div class="i1">[] 4 Rain water in barrel / basin or tank</div><div class="i2">Is it protected?</div><div class="i3">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><div class="i1">[] 5 Well</div><div class="i2">Is it protected?</div><div class="i3">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><div class="i1">[] 6 Creek or river<br />[] 7 Supply by water tank / water truck<br />[] 8 Other, namely<br />[] 97 Don't know<br />[] 99 No response</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Tap water, indoor
2 Tap water, outdoor, less than or equal to 200m away
3 Tap water, outdoor, greater than 200m away
4 Rain water in barrel, basin or tank
5 Well
6 Creek or river
7 Supply by water tank or water truck
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the primary water source used by the household.
Universe
Suriname 2012: All households

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