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Population and Housing Census 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2004
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WBG_SLE_2004_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), Minnesota Population Center
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Distance to nearest source of water (SL2004A_0047)

Data file: SLE2004-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 162
End: 162
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 5
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is the distance from home to the nearest





H17. Source of water


[] 1 On premises
[] 2 Less than half mile
[] 3 Half mile and less than one mile
[] 4 One mile and less than five miles
[] 5 Five miles and above
Categories
Value Category
1 On premises
2 Less than half a mile
3 Between half a mile and less than one mile
4 Between one mile and less than five miles
5 Five miles or more
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
Section 2 - Housing facilities




H15 - H17 Distance from home to the nearest facility




H17 -- Source of water
182. Ask: "What is the distance from your house to the nearest source of water?" You may have to ask for the location of the source in certain cases in order to visualize the distance and get as accurate an answer as possible. Record the appropriate code provided in the column H17.




Section 2: Housing facilities




What is the distance from home to the nearest:



H17 Source of water

[] 1 On premises
[] 2 Less than 1/2 mile
[] 3 1/2 mile and less than 1 mile
[] 4 1 mile and less than 5 miles
[] 5 5 miles and above

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the distance from the dwelling to the nearest source of water.
Universe
All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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