2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2015

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Reference ID

SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Aug 01, 2025

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Type of trash disposal (SL2015A_TRASH)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 221

End: 221

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions H01, H06, and H07 were asked of all people. The rest of the questions in section III were recorded only for respondent's whose indicated type of residence was occupied housing units in question I15]

H09. How do you dispose of rubbish?
<div class="i1">[] 1. Collected [] 2. Dumped anywhere [] 3. Burnt [] 4. Buried [] 5. Deposited in bin [] 6. Other ____</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Collected
2	Dumped anywhere
3	Burnt
4	Buried
5	Deposited in bin
6	Other
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.

Interviewer instructions

Section 3: Housing facilities 

186. Columns H01 to H19 relate to specific questions concerning the household. They are questions that relate to the household as a whole and not to individual members.

H09 -- Disposal of household refuse
 195. Ask, 'how do you dispose of household refuse'? Record only one code from the list provided, i.e. the code of the most commonly used method.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the method of trash disposal from the household.

Universe

Sierra Leone 2015: Occupied private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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