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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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Lighting (SR2012A_LIGHT)

Data file: SUR2012_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 161
End: 161
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>18. What is the main source of lighting used by this household?</p>
<div class="i1">N.B.: Please provide only one answer.<br /><br />[] 1 Direct supply of electricity through EBS<br />[] 2 Direct supply of electricity through public scheme (Min. Natural Resources / Min. Regional Development)<br />[] 3 Electricity through neighbors<br />[] 4 Own generator (genset)<br />[] 5 Kerosene lamp / candle / diya<br />[] 6 Solar energy<br />[] 7 Other, namely ____<br />[] 8 No lighting facilities<br />[] 97 Don't know<br />[] 99 No response</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Direct supply of electricity through EBS
2 Direct supply of electricity through public scheme (Min. Natural Resources, Min. Regional Development)
3 Electricity through neighbours
4 Own generator (genset)
5 Kerosene lamp, candle, or diya
6 Other
7 No lighting facilities
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 primary source of lighting in the household.
Universe
Suriname 2012: All households

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