X Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Vivienda 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Costa Rica, 2011

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Reference ID

CRI_2011_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Separation of paper (CR2011A_0051)

Data file: CRI2011-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 173

End: 173

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

17. In this dwelling, do you separate from the rest of the garbageÂ…?

Paper

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Yes
2	No

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 17: Separation of solid waste

17. In this dwelling, do you separate from the rest of the garbage...?

Plastic, glass, aluminum

[] 1 yes
[] 2 no

Paper

[] 1 yes
[] 2 no

Food leftovers (fruits, vegetables, peels, bones)

[] 1 yes
[] 2 no

The separation of solid waste consists in a different treating process for the residuals, whenever this practice has been adopted in the dwelling and is part of the main management of residuals.

If it is indicated that in the dwelling the solid waste is separated but that the collection truck passes and mixes everything together, mark "yes" next to the type of residuals.

[p. 121]

Plastic, glass, aluminum: in a dwelling when the articles of aluminum, glass, plastic, and other products generally recycled by the industries, are separated from the rest of the garbage.

Paper: in a dwelling when the paper waste, newspaper, magazines, cardboard, and others are separated from the rest of the garbage.

Food leftovers (fruits, vegetables, peels, bones): in a dwelling when the fruit, egg shells, eggs, flowers, coffee, amongst others, are separated from rest of the garbage. In general these kind of organic residuals are transformed into organic compost.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the household separated paper for recycling from other waste produced within the dwelling.

Universe

Private dwellings

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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