General Population Census IV and Housing II - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1963

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Reference ID

URY_1963_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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General Office of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS

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Lighting source (UY1963A_LIGHT)

Data file: URY1963_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 154

End: 154

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="UY63A060">10. Lighting<br /><br />Electric:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 <span class="lang">U.T.E.</span> (public electricity company)<br />[] 2 Own</div><br /><br />Non-electric:<br /><div class="i1">[] 3 Oil lamp<br />[] 4 Lamp with wick and candle<br />Other (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Electric, not from public utility (U.T.E.)
2	Electric, from public utility (U.T.E.)
3	Electric, own source
4	Oil lamp
5	Lamp with wick and candles
6	Other
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 lighting source for the household.

Universe

Uruguay 1963: Occupied private dwellings

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