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Population Census 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2012
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Reference ID
ZWE_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Statistical Agency, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Jul 30, 2025
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Source of water (ZW2012A_WATSRC)

Data file: ZWE2012_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 192
End: 192
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">F - Living conditions </span></p>

<p>Water for drinking and cooking</p>

<p>31a. Main water source </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Piped water inside house <br />[] 2 Piped water outside house <br />[] 3 Communal tap <br />[] 4 Well/ Borehole Protected <br />[] 5 Well- Unprotected <br />[] 6 River/ Stream/ Dam <br />[] 7 Other (specify below ____)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Piped water inside house
2 Piped water outside house
3 Communal tape
4 Well or borehole (protected)
5 Well (unprotected)
6 River, stream, or dam
7 Other specify
8 Unknown
9 NIU (Not in universe)
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 what source this household uses for water.
Universe
Zimbabwe 2012: Private households [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II 4.1%]

concept

Concept
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