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XI General Population and Housing Census 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Mexico, 1990
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Reference ID
MEX_1990_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Sewer connection (MX1990A_0016)

Data file: MEX1990-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 137
End: 137
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
8. Wastewater Drainage

Does this dwelling have drains? Mark with an X one circle only.


[ ] 1 Connected to the sewer in the street
[ ] 2 Connected to a septic tank
[ ] 3 A drain on the ground, to a river or a lake
[ ] 4 No drain
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Connected to the public system
2 Connected to a septic tank
3 Runs to ground, a river, or a lake
4 Does not have wastewater drainage system
9 Not specified
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
Characteristics of the dwelling

The series of questions found on page two of the questionnaire will permit you to find out the principal characteristics of the dwellings: the materials that they are made out of, the number of rooms that the dwelling consists of and the use the rooms are given, the available services, ownership of the dwelling and the cooking fuel that they use.




8. Drains

Be aware that a dwelling has a drain if it has a system of pipes through which sewage water is removed.

[Illustration]
Connected to the street sewers? [x] 1
Connected to a septic tank? [x] 2
With a open drain, to a river or lake? [x] 3
Does not have a drain? [x] 4
[End of illustration]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates availability of sewer connection.
Universe
All dwelling types except shelters

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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