Literal question
II. Household information
2. Characteristics of the dwelling
[Questions 4-15 were asked of occupied private households, per question 3 and Section 1.]
14. How is garbage removed?
[] 1 Municipal service
[] 2 Private service
[] 3 Incinerated
[] 4 Buried
[] 5 Thrown anywhere
Interviewer instructions
14. Garbage disposal
How is the garbage disposed of?
Municipal service:
This option will be marked when the occupants of the household place the garbage in front of their house or in a municipal drop off point so that garbage collectors managed by the city or township of the area can move it to an incinerator or other destination for its elimination.
Private service:
When the residents of the community pay a person or business to remove garbage from their houses and transport it to places outside of the community.
Incineration:
The occupants of the household burn the garbage.
Buried:
The occupants of the household bury the garbage.
Thrown anywhere:
The occupants of the household, either personally or via other people, throw the garbage in waste land, the street, rivers, streams, their own property, etc. This category includes those who throw garbage in unauthorized places, even though later municipal sanitation trucks will pick it up.
If one household uses more than one method of those mentioned to dispose of their trash, the informant will be asked which method they use the most.
