General Census of Population and Housing 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 1996

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Reference ID

GIN_1996_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Census Bureau, Republic of Guinea, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Sewage disposal (GN1996A_0049)

Data file: GIN1996-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 134

End: 134

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Housing characteristics

H08 Disposal of toilet waste water

[] 1 Backyard
[] 2 Street
[] 3 Pit / Cesspool
[] 4 Ditch/Dry well
[] 5 Nature
[] 6 Flowing water
[] 7 Ocean

Categories

Value	Category
1	Backyard
2	Street
3	Ditch/dry well
4	Duct/drain
5	Nature
6	Flowing water
7	Ocean
8	Unknown
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

H07/H08 Sewage disposal
Variables H07 and H08 are related to the method of sewage disposal for water for household use and water for use in toileting and washing the body, respectively. By water for household use we mean water which has been used to wash the dishes, cook food, do laundry, clean the house, etc. There are many possibilities; you should ask the question as follows: How do you normally get rid of waste water in your household:
a) waste water from domestic use
b) waste water from toilets and washing the body
Depending on the answers you receive, circle the corresponding code in each case.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the method of the disposal of toilet waste water.

Universe

Non-collective dwellings

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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