2008 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008

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Reference ID

MWI_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Main source of energy for lighting (MW2008A_LIGHTING)

Data file: MWI2008_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 220

End: 220

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="MW08A043">D11. What is the source of energy the household mainly uses for lighting?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Paraffin<br />[] 3 Candles<br />[] 4 Firewood<br />[] 5 Other</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Electricity
2	Paraffin
3	Candles
4	Firewood
5	Other
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the main source of energy used for lighting.

Universe

Malawi 2008: Private households, not homeless [discrepancies: none]

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Concept

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