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Costa Rica, 2011
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CRI_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
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Cooking fuel (CR2011A_FUELCK)

Data file: CRI2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 216
End: 216
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
15. Do you cook primarily with?? </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Gas<br />[] 3 Firewood or coal<br />[] 4 Other<br />[] 5 None (does not cook)</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Electricity
2 Gas
3 Firewood or coal
4 Other
5 None (does not cook)
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 15: Main fuel used for cooking</span></p>

<p>15. Do you cook primarily with...?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 electricity<br />[] 2 gas<br />[] 3 firewood or coal<br />[] 4 other<br />[] 5 none (no cooking)</div><span class="pg"><br />[p. 119]<br /></span></p>

<p>Investigate the kind of energy or fuel that is used most for cooking, whether it is electricity, gas, firewood, or coal.</p>

<p><span class="ital">Other</span>: this includes alternative fuels such as biogas, alcohol, kerosene, and other fuels.</p>

<p><span class="ital">None (no cooking): </span>when foods are not prepared, even if they have the facilities to do so.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of fuel used for cooking in the dwelling.
Universe
Costa Rica 2011: Private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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