I. Characteristics of the housing unit

13. Water supply: Does the water you use in your housing unit come:

15. Extended questionnaire
This section of the questionnaire contains the questions you must apply in the households you have registered as: Single house on the land, house sharing land with other(s); duplex house; apartment in a building; housing unit in neighborhood or tenement and housing unit in the rooftop room of a building. That is, with classes 1 to 6 of private housing unit class.

V. Access to water
12. Piped water
The question identifies whether the housing unit has faucets or hoses where the residents obtain water, either indoors or only in the yard or lot, regardless of where the liquid comes from.

Read the question mentioning all the options and select the code that corresponds to the respondent's answer.

Consider that piped water can be identified in facilities such as toilets, sinks, and showers or simply if there is a faucet or hose from which the residents obtain water.

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The first option, inside the housing unit, means that the faucets or hoses are located inside the housing unit, in the kitchen or the bathroom, either in a sink, washbasin, shower, or in the water tank of some toilet bowls.

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When faucets or hoses are only in the yard or lot, they are seen in an open space and are located alone or in a sink or basin.

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If the residents take water from another housing unit with a hose, as shown in the image, they are considered to have piped water, either inside or outside, depending on how far the hoses reach, which is normally where people use the water.

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Also, if there is a well from which the liquid is extracted and sent through pipes or hoses to other installations in the house, as illustrated in the image, register that the house has faucets or hoses inside.

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The option which does not have piped water should be registered when there are no pipes or hoses in the housing unit, or in its yard or land, from which water can be obtained and, consequently, the residents have to carry it or obtain it in some other way.

If the answer corresponds to the latter situation, question 14. Unpiped water applies, but if you register the option inside the housing unit or only in the yard or lot, skip to question 13. Water supply.

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The question piped water is displayed in the census manager as follows:
Piped water

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13. Water supply
This question reveals the origin of the piped water used in the housing unit, which can be: from the public water service, a community well, a private well, a pipe, from another home, from the rain, or from another place.

Read the question mentioning each of the options until you get a response from the respondent and select the corresponding code.

Consider the following definitions:

The public water service is administered, managed, and coordinated by the municipal or local authority, or by the water operators, through a network of pipes or hoses, which generally are underground, although sometimes the hoses can be found on the streets.

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The community well is a source of water that is generally managed by the local inhabitants and that gives off pipes or hoses used to carry the water to housing units in the same locality.

The private well is one that is located on private land that has attached pipes or hoses that supply water to the housing unit, either inside or only on its land.

A pipe means that water is transported to the home in a truck and deposited in cisterns or tanks that have pipes to carry it to the bathroom, kitchen, laundry, or other facilities where it is used.

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When the source of piped water is from another housing unit, it means that the residents get water from a neighbor who has piped water, either through hoses or pipes, and take it to their yard or land, kitchen, or bathroom.

When they state that it is rainwater, they mean that the water is collected by means of gutters on the roofs of the housing unit to be conveyed to a tank from which it is distributed, through pipes or hoses, to the facilities where it is used. You may find systems where the liquid passes through a filter before reaching the reservoir.

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When you are told that piped water comes from a location other than the options listed, select another location. Regardless of the answer, go to question 15. Equipment.

The water supply question is presented to the census manager as follows:

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