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General Population Census VII, Home III and Housing V - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1985 - 1996
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URY_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Principal source of energy for cooking (UY1996A_FUELCOOK)

Data file: URY1996_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 220
End: 220
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="UY96A052">5. What is the principal source of energy used for cooking?<br /><div class="i1">Mark only the main source:<br /><br />[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Supergas [LPG]<br />[] 3 Kerosene<br />[] 4 Piped gas<br />[] 5 Wood<br />[] 6 Other<br />[] 7 None, does not cook</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 LPG (supergas)
3 Kerosene
4 Piped gas
5 Wood
6 Other
7 None, does not cook
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 principal source of energy that the household uses for cooking.
Universe
Uruguay 1996: Occupied private households [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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