Census of Population of Ireland 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1981

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Reference ID

IRL_1981_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistics Office, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Water supply (IE1981A_0027)

Data file: IRL1981-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 124

End: 124

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 23-30 should be answered in respect of each private household. These questions need not be answered in respect of institutions or private household living in caravans or other mobile dwellings]

Q.27 Water supply:

[] 1 Water tap, inside the building, connected to public main
[] 2 Water tap, outside the building only, connected to public main
[] 3 Water tap, inside the building, connected to private source
[] 4 Water tap, outside the building only, connected to private source
[] 5 No piped water supply

Categories

Value	Category
1	Water tap inside building, public main
2	Water tap outside building, public main
3	Water tap inside building, private source
4	Water tap outside building, private source
5	No piped water
8	Unknown
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

Details of the dwelling
Answers should be furnished to Questions 23 to 30, inclusive, in respect of all private households (except those in mobile dwellings) and in respect of the houses, flats or rooms occupied by such households.

Q.27, Q.28, Q.29: Water supply, bath or shower and sanitary facilities
You should check that entries have been made in the appropriate spaces for these questions and that they are consistent with one another and with your own knowledge of the district. In particular, you should ensure that the questions relating to the possession of a hot water tap, the sharing of a bath or shower, the situation of the sanitary facilities and the sharing of sanitary facilities are answered.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the type of water supply for a household.

Universe

Private households in houses or flats

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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