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Censos Nacionales- Mayo de 1973. III de Vivienda – VII de Población - IPUMS Subset

Costa Rica, 1973
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CRI_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos, Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio, IPUMS
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Cooking fuel (CR1973A_FUEL)

Data file: CRI1973_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 212
End: 212
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CR73A030">12. Cooking fuel<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Propane gas<br />[] 3 Kerosene (<span class="lang">canfín</span>)<br />[] 4 Charcoal<br />[] 5 Wood<br />[] 6 Other (specify) ____<br />[] 7 No cooking</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Propane
3 Kerosene/petrol
4 Charcoal
5 Wood
6 Other
7 None (no cooking)
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 a="all" v="CR73A030"><span class="em">5.5.- Question 12.- Cooking Fuel</span><br /><br />[Below the box is a filled out form.]<br /><br />The corresponding circle should be marked according to the type or class of fuel used most frequently for cooking.<br /><br />The heading "No Kitchen" is marked when in the dwelling the kitchen is not used to prepare food or meals are not prepared, although it has a kitchen or other similar facilities.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the cooking fuel used in the dwelling.
Universe
Costa Rica 1973: Occupied private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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