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

Costa Rica, 2011
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CRI_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Sanitation service (CR2011A_SEWER)

Data file: CRI2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 214
End: 214
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
13. The sanitary service is connected to??</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Sanitary sewer system<br />[] 2 Septic tank<br />[] 3 Direct connection to ditch, trench, river, or estuary<br />[] 4 Hole, cesspit, or latrine<br />[] 5 No sanitary service</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Sanitary sewer system
2 Septic tank
3 Ditch, trench, river, or estuary
4 Hole, cesspit or latrine
5 No sanitary service
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
<span class="em">Question 13: Availability of sanitary service</span></p>

<p>13. The sanitary service is connected to ____?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 sanitary sewer system<br />[] 2 septic tank<br />[] 3 direct connection to ditch, trench, river, or estuary<br />[] 4 hole, cesspit, or latrine<br />[] 5 no sanitary service</div><p>The "sanitary service" is the space conditioned within or outside the dwelling, with a "bowl", "recipient" or other object, in which the people can take care of their physiological needs.</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 117]</span></p>

<p><span class="ital">Sanitary sewer system</span>: the sanitary system is connected to a network of sanitary sewage that collects the "black waters" of various dwellings. This includes those sewage systems that direct the waters to a treatment plant.</p>

<p><span class="ital">Septic tank</span>: the sanitary service communicates with a tank of concrete, cement, or other material, connected to drainage areas. In general it is built on the patio of the dwelling. If the tank is found connected to the sewer or public sewage system, mark the previous option.</p>

<p><span class="ital">Direct connection to ditch, trench, river, or estuary</span>: sanitary services that drain in a natural water current or a trench or other terrain.</p>

<p><span class="ital">Hole, cesspit, or latrine</span>: this consists of a hole over which there is a little house with a cement, concrete, or wood floor and a box that serves as a latrine. Generally they are found outside of the dwelling.</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 118]</span></p>

<p><span class="ital">No sanitary service</span>: when the residents of a dwelling do not have access to any type of sanitary service and in general use one from another dwelling or deposit excrements directly on the ground in open air in some terrain.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of sewage system used by the dwelling.
Universe
Costa Rica 2011: Private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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