XVI National Population and V de Housing Census1993 - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1993 - 1994

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Reference ID

COL_1993_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Apr 21, 2011

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Drinking water source (CO1993A_0028)

Data file: COL1993-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 139

End: 139

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

18. Water for preparing meals comes from:

[] 1 Piped
[] 2 Well or cistern
[] 3 Public tank/tap
[] 4 River or stream
[] 5 Rainwater
[] 6 Bottled water

Categories

Value	Category
1	Piped
2	Well or cistern
3	Public tank/tap
4	River or stream
5	Rainwater
6	Bottled water
8	Unknown
9	NIU (some deviation)

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

18. Water for preparing meals comes from:

When two or more sources are used in the same household (for example from a water system and well water; cistern truck and rain water) explain to the interviewed person that the option to select is the one that it used most frequently for preparing their meals.

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[At the top of the page is a form.]

Take into account the following criteria:

Public well
It is a faucet, pump or faucet located in a place in which all persons of the area have free access, for supplying water.

Cistern Tank
It is a vehicle adapted for storing and distributing water.

Water seller
A person who brings water in recipients and sells it for consumption in dwellings.

River, ditch or spring
When water comes directly from a natural current.

Rain water
It is water caught and stored in tanks, baskets, or other recipients.

Bottled water
It is that which has had a previous purification treatment done by company experts and that is obtained in commerce in demijohns, bottles or bags.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the source of drinking water for the dwelling.

Universe

Occupied dwellings with people present at enumeration

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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