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Population, Housing and Establishment Census 1986 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1986
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EGY_1986_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, IPUMS
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Main type of lighting (EG1986A_LIGHT)

Data file: EGY1986_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 180
End: 180
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Part A: Housing conditions</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">Living quarter</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Main type of lighting</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Kerosene<br />[] 3 Propane<br />[] 4 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Kerosene
3 Butagas
4 Other
9 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main type of lighting in dwelling.
Universe
Egypt 1986: All households

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