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2009 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Vietnam, 2009
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VNM_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau of The Central Steering Committee for the 2009 Population and Housing Census. General Statistics Office., IPUMS
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Fuel using for lighting (VN2009A_LIGHT)

Data file: VNM2009_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 236
End: 236
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="VN09A043 VN09A044 VN09A045 VN09A046 VN09A047 VN09A048 VN09A049 VN09A050 VN09A051 VN09A052 VN09A053 VN09A054">[Questions 53-57 were asked of all households]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="VN09A043">53. What is the main kind of fuel (energy) your household is using for lighting?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Electric generator<br />[] 3 Kerosene<br />[] 4 Gas<br />[] 5 Other (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Electric generator
3 Kerosene
4 Gas
5 Other
9 Unknown
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="VN09A043"><span class="em">Question 53: What is the main type of fuel (energy) your household is using for lighting?</span><br />The main type of fuel (energy) used for lighting is the one that the household used the most for lighting in the last year (12 months prior to the census day).<br /><br />Fuel (energy) used for lighting includes the following:<br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Network electricity:</span> this includes national network electricity and network electricity of local management. Normally, network electricity has to transfer from electric power production stations to consumption places through high-voltage wires and transformer stations to increase/reduce the voltage. Households who use electricity from local electric generation stations for lighting are also counted as using network electricity. If the household uses network electricity for lighting, the enumerator marks (x) in the small box next to code "1";<br /><br /><span class="em">Generator electricity:</span> this includes electricity released by generators using petrol/gasoline or water power (small hydro-electric plants). Households who use electricity from electric power-generated stations (including thermo- and hydro- electricity) which were constructed by individuals and sold for their use, are also counted as using "generator electricity". If the household uses generator electricity for lighting, the enumerator marks (x) in the small box next to code "2";<br /><br /><span class="em">Kerosene:</span> If the household uses kerosene/petrol for lighting, the enumerator marks (x) in the small box next to code "3";<br /><br /><span class="em">Gas:</span> If the household uses gas for lighting, the enumerator marks (x) in the small box next to code "4";<br /><br /><span class="em">Other:</span> this includes households who use fuels for lighting different from those listed above (candles, caster-oil/kerosene lamp, wood, etc.); the enumerator marks (x) in the small box next to code "5". He/she then fills in the name of that fuel in the space above the printed line.</div><br /><br />In case that during the last year the household used different types of fuels (energies) for lighting, the main type of fuel (energy) is the one that the household spent the most time using.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the fuel the household uses for lighting.
Universe
Vietnam 2009: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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