National Population, Households, and Dwellings Census 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Argentina, 2010

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Reference ID

ARG_2010_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Argentine National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Sewage disposal (AR2010A_0034)

Data file: ARG2010-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 142

End: 142

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 3 to 19 were asked of inhabited households with persons present]

10. Does this household have a bathroom or latrine?

[] Yes
[] No - continue with 14

12. The toilet drainage is?

[] To a public network (sewer)?
[] To a septic tank and septic pit?
[] Only to a septic pit?
[] To a hole or excavation in the dirt, etc.?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Public network (sewer)
2	Septic tank and septic well
3	Only to a septic well
4	Hole or excavation in the dirt, etc.
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

Toilet drain: system of pipes that permits drawing the water and the elimination of the excrements from the toilet. The categories are:
[79]

-a public network (sewer): a system of inside pipes that links with a network of communal pipes.
-a septic tank and septic field: a system of interal pipes that connects to an internal system for treating and eliminating excrements (not connected to any communal network) that consists of holes: the black or blind well and the septic tank.
-only a septic field: a system of interal pipes connected to an internal system for the elimination of excrements, not connected to any communal network. This consists of only one hole, the black well, where the excrements drain without previous treatment.
-a hole, excavation in the dirt, etc: well or ditch that is shallow and of a small diameter that is used for the driect drainage of the excrements.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the type of sewage disposal.

Universe

Households with a bathroom

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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