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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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Lighting service (GT1994A_LIGHT)

Data file: GTM1994_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 201
End: 201
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">4. Lighting service</span><div class="i1">What type of lighting is available in the household?<br /><br />[] Electric from public service</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Exclusive use<br />[] 2 For several households</div><div class="i1">[] Electric from private service</div><div class="i2">[] 3 Exclusive use<br />[] 4 For several households</div><div class="i1">[] 5 Common gasoline (kerosene)<br />[] 6 Candle<br />[] 7 Other (specify) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Public electric network, exclusive use
2 Public electric network, shared use
3 Private electric network, exclusive use
4 Private electric network, shared use
5 Gasoline (kerosene)
6 Candle
7 Other
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 type of lighting service used by the household.
Universe
Guatemala 1994: Private occupied households [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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