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1971 National Census of Dwellings and Population - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1971
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NIC_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Cooking fuel (NI1971A_FUEL)

Data file: NIC1971_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 209
End: 209
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="NI71A043"><span class="em">13. Fuel used for cooking</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Propane or butane gas<br />[] 3 Gas (kerosene)<br />[] 4 Charcoal<br />[] 5 Wood<br />[] 6 No cooking</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Propane or butane gas
3 Gas (kerosene)
4 Charcoal/coal
5 Wood
6 No cooking
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="NI71A043"><span class="em">Question #13</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Fuel used for cooking</span><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">a. How to carry out the investigation</span><br />The type of fuel used in the preparation of principal meals is investigated.<br /><br /><span class="em">b. How to record the data</span><br />Once the type of fuel that is used most is determined, the corresponding box is marked with an "X".<br /><br /><span class="em">c. Example:</span></div><br /><br />[These instructions refer to a graph of question 13 on the census form]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of cooking fuel used by the household.
Universe
Nicaragua 1971: Private occupied households [discrepancies: type I 0.1%, type II 0.1%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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