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VIII National Population and Housing Census, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2002
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DOM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Cooking fuel (DO2002A_FUELCK)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 172
End: 172
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Fuel for cooking</span>
<br />13. What fuel is mainly used for cooking in this household?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Propane gas <br />[] 2 Coal <br />[] 3 Firewood <br />[] 4 Electricity <br />[] 5 Other<br />[] 6 Household does not cook</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Propane gas
2 Charcoal
3 Wood
4 Electricity
5 Other
6 Does not cook
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
<span class="em">Question 13: What type of fuel does your household mainly use for cooking? </span></p>

<p>Fill in the bubble according to the answer. If the household cooks with more than one fuel, fill in the option that is mainly used. </p>

<p>If in the household they do not cook, fill in option 6 (no cooking). </p>

<p>If they cook with other fuel than natural gas, firewood or electricity, fill in option 5 (other).

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of cooking fuel used by the household.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2002: Private occupied designated households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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