General Census of Population and Housing 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988

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Reference ID

SEN_1988_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Apr 26, 2011

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Type of toilet facility (SN1988A_0046)

Data file: SEN1988-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 133

End: 133

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

H2. Type of toilet facility

[] 1 Water closet, connected to sewage
[] 2 Water closet, septic tank
[] 3 Cesspool
[] 4 Public toilet facility
[] 5 In the wild
[] 6 Other cases
[] 7 No answer

Categories

Value	Category
1	Toilet, connected to sewage
2	Toilet, septic tank
3	Cesspool
4	Public toilet facility
5	In the wild
6	Other cases
9	Unknown

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

H2) Toilet facility

You have to circle the item corresponding to the answer given, that is, the type of toilet facility most commonly used by the household members. This rule can be explained by the fact that different household members may utilize different types of toilet facility.

Note: "WC FOSSE" applies to septic tanks that need to be emptied.
"FOSSE PERDUE" applies to latrines.
"OTHER" applies to chamber pots that are emptied every morning.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the type of toilet facility used most commonly by the household members.

Universe

All households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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