6th Census of Population 2007 - IPUMS Subset

El Salvador, 2007

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Reference ID

SLV_2007_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Trash disposal (SV2007A_0058)

Data file: SLV2007-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 175

End: 175

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

12. How is trash disposed of?

[] 1 Municipal service
[] 2 Private service
[] 3 Burned
[] 4 Buried
[] 5 Put in dumpsters/bins
[] 6 Thrown into street, ravine or empty lot
[] 7 Thrown into a river, lake or sea
[] 8 Other

Categories

Value	Category
1	Municipal service
2	Private service
3	Burning
4	Burying
5	Deposited in a container
6	Thrown in the street, gully or vacant lot
7	Thrown in the river, lake or sea
8	Another form of disposal
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

Question 12: How is trash disposed of?

Municipal service:
Check this option when the occupants of the household leave their garbage in front of their house for the town's collection units to take to incinerators or places intended for its disposal.

Private service:
This is when the households in the community pay a person or private company to remove the trash from the dwelling.

Burned:
This is when members of the household burn the trash.

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Buried: This is when household members bury the trash.

Put in dumpsters/bins: This is when household members put the trash in dumpsters/bins.

Thrown into the street, ravine or empty lot: This is when household members, either personally or through other persons, throw the trash in the places mentioned.

Thrown into a river, lake or the sea: This is when household members, either personally or through other persons, throw the trash in the places mentioned.

Other: Write down other forms of trash disposal not included in the previous categories.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the trash disposal of the household.

Universe

Occupied private dwellings with people present

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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