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Population and Dwelling Count 1995 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 1995
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MEX_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Fuel (MX1995A_FUEL)

Data file: MEX1995_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 204
End: 204
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX95A042"><span class="h3">1.17 Fuel</span><br />Is the fuel most used for cooking food:<br /><div class="i1">Read the options until getting an affirmative response.<br /><br />[] 1 Gas?<br />[] 2 Firewood or coal?<br />[] 3 Gasoline?<br />[] 4 Electricity?</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Natural gas
2 Firewood or coal
3 Gasoline
4 Electricity
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="MX95A042"><span class="em">1.17 Fuel</span><br /><br />With this question the fuel used most frequently to heat or cook food in the dwelling is known.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 75]</span><br /><br />[graphic of the question from the census form]<br /><br />The question has four options, circle only one code, according to the answer of the informant.<br /><br />When more than one fuel is used, ask for the one that is used most frequently. If they are used equally, ask the informant to decide on one.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of fuel use for cooking.
Universe
Mexico 1995: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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