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2011 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 2011
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TTO_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Type of cooking fuel (TT2011A_FUELCK)

Data file: TTO2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 193
End: 193
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 11: Housing - Head of household</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">B. Characteristics of Occupied Dwelling Unit and Land Tenancy</span></p>

<p>50(b). Type of fuel</p>
<div class="i1">What type of fuel does this household use most for cooking?<br /><br />[] 00 None<br />[] 01 Electricity<br />[] 02 LPG/Cooking gas<br />[] 03 Kerosene<br />[] 04 Wood/Charcoal<br />[] 05 Solar energy<br />[] 07 Other (specify)<br />[] 09 Not stated</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 None
1 Electricity
2 Liquified petroleum gas or cooking gas
3 Kerosene
4 Wood or charcoal
8 Unknown
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 fuel used for cooking.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 2011: Private occupied households [discrepancies: type none; type II 0.5%]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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