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Population and Housing Census 2020 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2020
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MEX_2020_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Fuel for cooking (MX2020A_FUELCK)

Data file: MEX2020_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 240
End: 241
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">I. Characteristics of the housing unit</span></p>

<p>8. Fuel: Is the fuel most used for cooking:</p>
<div class="i1">Read the options until you get an affirmative answer and circle one code only<br /><br />[] 1 Wood or coal?<br />[] 2 Gas? (go to 10)<br />[] 3 Electricity? (go to 10)<br />[] 4 Other fuel? (go to 10)<br />[] 5 No cooking? (go to 10)</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Firewood or charcoal
02 Gas
03 Electricity
04 Other fuel
05 Do not cook in this dwelling
98 Unknown
99 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h1">15. Extended questionnaire</span>
<br />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.</p>

<p><span class="ital">8. Fuel</span>
<br />This question identifies the fuel most frequently used for cooking or heating food in the household.</p>

<p>Read the question mentioning each option and when you get an affirmative answer, select the corresponding code.</p>

<p><span class="ital">Firewood or charcoal</span> also includes the combustion of sticks, shavings, and various woods.</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 232]</span></p>

<p>The second option refers to natural gas distributed in cylinders, discharged into stationary tanks, or natural gas that is piped to homes.</p>

<p>If the residents of the housing unit cook primarily on grills, electric stoves, electric ovens, or microwaves, register the option for electricity.</p>

<p>In case they answer that they cook with another fuel, mark code 4. This can be: oil, solid alcohol, manure, and even garbage.</p>

<p>The following image shows the aforementioned fuels:</p>

<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]</p>

<p>If the household cooks with two or more fuels, ask for the one they use the most.
<br />The respondent should determine this.</p>

<p>If the answer is They do not cook because they buy, receive food as a gift or always eat outside the housing unit, select option 5.</p>

<p>If the answer is option 1, firewood or charcoal, continue with question 9. Fireplace with chimney. For another answer, go to the question</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 233]</span></p>

<p>The question fuel is presented in the census manager as follows:</p>

<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of fuel used for cooking.
Universe
Mexico 2020: Private dwellings built for habitation [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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