Literal question
17. How does this dwelling dispose of trash?
[] 1 Public collection truck
[] 2 Private collection truck
[] 3 Incineration or burning
[] 4 Empty lot
[] 5 Burial
[] 6 River, stream, lake or sea
[] 7 Other (specify) ____
Interviewer instructions
Question No. 17: How is garbage waste removed from this dwelling?
We want to investigate with this question the system generally used to eliminate garbage in the dwelling to measure possible sources of environmental pollution.
Consider the following definitions:
Public collection truck (circle 1): You will mark this option when the occupants of the dwelling put the garbage in front of their dwellings, so that collection units from the municipality transport them to crematories or places for their disposal.
[There is picture of a public collection truck.]
Private collection truck (circle 2): When the person pays a third party or private firm to remove trash from her dwelling.
[There is a picture of a private collection truck.]
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Incineration or burning (circle 3): When the dwelling disposes of garbage by burning it.
[There is a picture of garbage being incinerated.]
In an empty lot (circle 4): When the dwelling disposes of garbage by putting it in an empty land.
[There is a picture of garbage in a vacant land.]
Burial (circle 5): When the dwelling disposes of garbage by burying it.
[There is a picture of garbage being buried.]
River, stream, lake or sea (circle 6): When the dwelling disposes of garbage by throwing it to a river, stream, lake, or the sea.
[There is a picture of garbage next to a mass or water.]
Other form (circle 7): You will register other method to dispose of garbage not included in the previous categories.
Mark just one circle, according to the answer declared by the respondent.
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Example:
Mr. Ricardo Rivera declares that in this dwelling, they burn the garbage in the backyard. The answer will be registered in the following way:
[There is a sample image of question 17 from the enumeration form.]
