Codes and Frequencies
| Code | Label |
portug
2011
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sewage disposal system connected to the public sewage system | 154,256 |
| 2 | Sewage disposal system connected to a private sewage system | 42,638 |
| 3 | Sewage disposal system - other type | 2,207 |
| 4 | No sewage disposal system available | 1,022 |
| 9 | NIU (not in universe) | 3,396 |
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Description
This variable indicates the sewage disposal system available to the household.
Universe
- Portugal 2011: Private dwellings
Availability
- Portugal: 2011
Questionnaire Text
[Questions 1 through 17 were asked of persons living in housing units as the place of their usual residence, according to question II]
5. Does the dwelling have a sewage disposal system?:
[] 1 Yes, connected to the public sewage system
[] 2 Yes, connected to a private sewage system (septic tank,...)
[] 3 Yes, other type (open septic tank, ditch,...)
[] 4 No sewage disposal system available
Question 5 - Does the dwelling have a sewage disposal system?
[There is an image of box for question 5]
Sewage disposal system refers to all permanent fixtures that allow residual water to be evacuated from a dwelling to the outside.
Public sewage system - public sewage system occurs in cases where a disposal system collects all of the sewage and channels it through a central drainage pipe.
[p. 93]
Private sewage system (septic tank,...) - a septic tank is a specially designed receptacle that by means of appropriate piping, receives the wastewater from one or more dwellings with specific sterilization processes.
Other type (open septic tank, ditch,...) - wastewaters are disposed of in an open septic tank, ditch, creek, etc?