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Eighth General Population and Housing Census, 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2012
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SUR_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Cooking fuel (SR2012A_FUELCK)

Data file: SUR2012_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 153
End: 153
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Household module</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">Part 3: Facilities available to the household</span>
<br />[Applies to questions 10 - 18]</p>

<p>12. What is the main fuel this household uses for cooking?</p>
<div class="i1">N.B.: Please provide only one answer.<br /><br />[] 1 Wood / charcoal<br />[] 2 Kerosene<br />[] 3 Electricity<br />[] 4 Gas (propane)<br />[] 5 Solar energy<br />[] 6 Biogas<br />[] 7 None (doesn't cook)<br />[] 8 Other, namely ____<br />[] 97 Don't know<br />[] 99 No response</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Wood or charcoal
2 Kerosene
3 Electricity
4 Gas (propane)
5 Biogas
6 Other
7 None (doesn't cook)
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 type of fuel used for cooking.
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Suriname 2012: All households

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