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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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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Type of lighting (TT2011A_LIGHT)

Data file: TTO2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 192
End: 192
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(a). Type of lighting</p>
<div class="i1">What type of lighting does this household use most?<br /><br />[] 01 Electricity<br />[] 02 Gas<br />[] 03 Kerosene<br />[] 04 Solar energy<br />[] 07 Other (specify)<br />[] 09 Not stated</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Electricity
3 Kerosene
5 Other
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 lighting used by the household.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 2011: Private occupied households [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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