Household Socio-Economic Survey 2006-2007

Iraq, 2006 - 2007

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Reference ID

IRQ_2006_IHSES_v02_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/ebk1-rr24

Producer(s)

Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT), Kurdistan Regional Statistics Office (KRSO)

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

Metadata

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Mar 23, 2011

Last modified

Jan 30, 2020

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Waste disposal (q0312)

Data file: 2007ihses03_housing

Overview

Valid: 17816

Invalid: 6

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 78

End: 78

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How do you dispose your garbage? (Indicate most used method)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	collected ny the municipality	5132	28.8%
2	put in designated dontainer	1638	9.2%
3	thrown outside housing unit	9148	51.3%
4	burnt	1716	9.6%
5	buried	115	0.6%
6	other	67	0.4%
Sysmiss		6

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

Indicate the method of disposal of wastes by the household as given in the question. If there is more than one method, indicate the most popular one or the most in use. Indicate 1 if garbage is collected regularly from the house by the government or the private sector; 2 If garbage is put in containers used by residents of the quarter and subsequently collected by the government; 3 if garbage is thrown outside the housing unit; 4 if it is burned; and 5 if buried.

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