IX National Population and Housing Census 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2010

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Reference ID

DOM_2010_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Sep 24, 2014

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Waste removal (DO2010A_0123)

Data file: DOM2010-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 249

End: 249

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Section IV - Household characteristics

14. How does the garbage get disposed of in this household?

[] 1 Collected by public sanitation service
[] 2 Collected by private sanitation service
[] 3 Burned
[] 4 Thrown in the backyard or lot
[] 5 Put in the garbage dump
[] 6 Thrown in the river or ravine
[] 7 Other

Categories

Value	Category
1	Collected by public sanitation service
2	Collected by private sanitation service
3	Burned
4	Thrown in yard or lot
5	Put in garbage dump
6	Thrown in river or canal
7	Other
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 14. How does the garbage get disposed of in this household?

This question identifies the way that the household disposes of its garbage.

Fill in the bubble of the corresponding code to the given answer by the informant. If there are various ways to dispose of the garbage, choose the one that is most frequently used.

Example: If the interviewee answers that the garbage is burned as well as collected by the municipality, investigate which way is the most common and select the option given with the corresponding code.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates how waste is removed from the dwelling.

Universe

Private, occupied dwellings

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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