Literal question
2. For occupied permanent private housing units - Household characteristics.
2.07 The bathroom or toilet drain is connected to:
[] 1 Public sewage or rain system
[] 2 Septic tank
[] 3 Rudimentary septic tank
[] 4 Ditch
[] 5 River, lake or ocean
[] 6 Other sewage system
Interviewer instructions
2.07- The bathroom waste is disposed of (thrown) into:
1 - General sewage or water drainage
2 - Septic tank
3 - Rudimentary cesspit
4 - Pit
5 - River, lake or sea
6 - Other
If there is more than one type of sewage outlet in household, mark the first in the order listed.
Even if the toilet or bathroom is shared by more than one household, depending on the situation, record:
1 - General sewage or water drainage: When the channeling of wastewater and waste, from the bathroom or toilet, is connected to a collection system that leads to an overall drainage area of the region or municipality, even if the system lacks treatment of the sewage.
2 - Septic tank: When channeling the bathroom or toilet is connected to a septic tank. The matter is directed to a nearby pit, where it undergoes a treatment or sedimentation process, with or without the liquid, and then carried out to a drain of the overall area, region or town.
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3 - Rudimentary cesspit: When the bathroom or toilet is connected to a rustic pit (well, hole, etc.).
4 - Pit: When the bathroom or toilet is connected directly to an open pit.
5 - River, lake or sea: When the bathroom or toilet is connected directly to a river, lake or sea.
6 - Other: When the sewage of waste, from the bathroom or toilet, does not fall within the categories described above.
