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National Population and Housing Census 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 2014
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Reference ID
UGA_2014_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Uganda Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
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Main source of drinking water (UG2014A_WATSRC)

Data file: UGA2014_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 233
End: 234
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 4: Household characteristics</span></p>

<p>H16 What is the household's main source of water for drinking?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 10 Piped water into dwelling<br />[] 11 Piped water to the yard<br />[] 12 Public taps<br />[] 13 Borehole in yard/plot<br />[] 14 Public borehole<br />[] 15 Protected well/spring<br />[] 16 Unprotected well/spring<br />[] 17 River/stream/lake<br />[] 18 Vendor <br />[] 19 Tanker truck <br />[] 20 Gravity flow scheme <br />[] 21 Rain water<br />[] 22 Bottled water<br />[] 96 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
10 Piped water into dwelling
11 Piped water to the yard
12 Public taps
13 Borehole in yard or plot
14 Public borehole
15 Protected well or spring
16 Unprotected well or spring
17 River, stream, or lake
18 Vendor
19 Tanker truck
20 Gravity flow scheme
21 Rain water
22 Bottled water
23 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main source of drinking water for the household.
Universe
Uganda 2014: All households

concept

Concept
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