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Count of Population and Dwellings, 2005 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2005
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MEX_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Availability of electricity (MX2005A_ELECT)

Data file: MEX2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 180
End: 180
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX05A036"><span class="h3">1.3 Electricity </span><br /><span class="em">Is there electric light in this dwelling?</span><br />Mark a single answer<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Has access to electric power
2 Does not have access to electric power
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 v="MX05A033 MX05A034 MX05A036 MX05A037 MX05A038 MX05A039 MX05A040 MX05A041 MX05A042 MX05A043 MX05A044 MX05A045"><span class="h3">Section I: Characteristics of the dwelling</span><br /><br />If the class of private dwelling is an independent house, apartment in a building or tenement house and dwelling or room on a roof, ask questions of section 1.<br /><br />If it is a premises not built for inhabitation, mobile dwelling or shelter, do not ask the questions of section I: Characteristics of the dwelling.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX05A036"><span class="h3">1.3 Electricity</span><br /><br />With this question it is known if a dwelling has electric light.<br /><br />Electric energy that is used can be provided from different sources: public system, private plant, storage battery, etc.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates availability of electricity.
Universe
Mexico 2005: Private dwellings built for habitation [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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