IX General Population and Housing Census, 1970 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 1970

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MEX_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Dirección General de Estadística, Secretaría de Industria y Comercio, IPUMS

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Fuel used for cooking (MX1970A_FUELCK)

Data file: MEX1970_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 180

End: 180

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="MX70A019"><span class="em">Fuel</span><br /><br />What fuel is most used for cooking? Mark with an X<br /><div class="i1">[ ] 7 Wood or charcoal<br />[ ] 8 Kerosene (petroleum) [gasoline]<br />[ ] 9 Natural gas or electricity</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Wood or charcoal
2	Kerosene (petroleum) [gasoline]
3	Gas or electricity
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the type of fuel used for cooking.

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Mexico 1970: All households

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