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X Population Census and V Housing Census of 1994 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1994
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GTM_1994_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Means used for cooking (GT1994A_FUELCK)

Data file: GTM1994_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 207
End: 207
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">III. Inhabited condition of the household</span></p>

<p><span class="em">6. Means of cooking</span><div class="i1">What is the mean used habitually to cook in the household?<br /><br />[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Propane gas<br />[] 3 Common gasoline (kerosene)<br />[] 4 Charcoal<br />[] 5 Firewood<br />[] 6 Does not cook</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Propane gas
3 Gas (kerosene)
4 Charcoal
5 Firewood
6 No kitchen
9 NIU (not in universe)
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 energy used for cooking by the household.
Universe
Guatemala 1994: Private occupied households [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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