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Fourth Population and Habitation Census - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2013
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BEN_2013_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis, IPUMS
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Sep 15, 2013
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Lighting mode (BJ2013A_LIGHT)

Data file: BEN2013_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 212
End: 213
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Dwelling Unit Characteristics</span>
<br />[Questions 43-56 were asked of all households]</p>

<p><span class="em">51. Lighting mode</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Petrol<br />[] 2 Electricity (SBEE) [Electricity and Water Company of Benin] <br />[] 3 Solar energy<br />[] 4 Communal electric generator<br />[] 5 Private electric generator<br />[] 6 Gas<br />[] 7 Oil<br />[] 8 Other generators (corn mill, dynamo, etcetera)<br />[] 9 Other (specify) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Petrol
02 Electricity (SBEE, Benin Company of Electric Energy)
03 Solar energy
04 Communal electric generator
05 Private electric generator
06 Gas
07 Oil
08 Other generators
09 Other
10 Battery lamp
11 Rechargeable lamp
99 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 in the dwelling.
Universe
Benin 2013: All households

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