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Population Census 1996

South Africa, 1996
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ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Fuel used for heating (fuelheat)

Data file: SA Census 1996 Hhold_v01

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 8
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
2.1 What type of energy/fuel does this household MAINLY use for cooking, heating and lighting?
Categories
Value Category
0 Other
1 Electricity direct from authority
2 Electricity from other source
3 Gas
4 Paraffin
5 Wood
6 Coal
8 Animal dung
9 Unspecified/dummy
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 reflects the type of fuel the enumerated household MAINLY uses for heating
Universe
Every household at night between Wednesday 9 October and Thursday 10 October 1996.

Others

Notes
Each household, hostel and institution was asked ‘What type of energy/fuel does this household (hostel/institution) MAINLY use for cooking, heating and lighting?’. A table gave the response options for each of the three tasks. Respondents were instructed to only circle one code for each task. The list of options was slightly different for each variable according to what was applicable. If the response of ‘Other’, provision was made for a response to be written in but, if it couldn’t be related to one of the other response options, it was just coded as ‘Other’.
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