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2015 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2011 - 2015
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Home heating fuel (US2015A_FUELHEAT)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 283
End: 283
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Housing</span>
<br />Please answer the following questions about the house, apartment, or mobile home at the address on the mailing label.</p>

<p>13. Which fuel is used most for heating this house, apartment or mobile home? </p>
<div class="i1">[] Gas: from underground pipes serving the neighborhood<br />[] Gas: bottled, tank or LP<br />[] Electricity<br />[] Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.<br />[] Coal or coke<br />[] Wood<br />[] Solar energy<br />[] Other fuel<br />[] No fuel used</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 No fuel used
2 Utility gas from underground pipes serving neighborhood
3 Bottled, tank, or liquefied petroleum gas
4 Electricity
5 Fuel oil, kerosene, other liquid fuels
6 Coal or coke
7 Wood
8 Solar energy
9 Other
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 home heating fuel.
Universe
United States 2015: Private occupied households [discrepancies: none]

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