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National Population Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2001
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NPL_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Main fuel used for cooking (NP2001A_FUELCOOK)

Data file: NPL2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 210
End: 210
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="NP01A042">2. What fuel do you usually use for cooking?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Wood<br />[] 2 Kerosene<br />[] 3 Gas<br />[] 4 Biogas<br />[] 5 <span class="lang">Goraha/guitha</span><br />[] 6. Other ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Wood
2 Kerosene
3 LP Gas
4 Biogas
5 Cow dung (goraha/guitha)
6 Others
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="NP01A042"><span class="em">Q.2: What is the main source of cooking fuel in the household?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1. Wood<br />[] 2. Kerosene<br />[] 3. LP gas<br />[] 4. Bio gas<br />[] 5. Cow dung<br />[] 6. Others</div><br /><br />Things or materials used for light, heat or energy are called fuel. In this references wood, kerosene, diesel, petrol, coal, etc. are examples of fuel. Fuel used for cooking refers to the fuel used predominantly for the preparation of principle foods.<br /><br />The source of cooking fuel may vary due to the availability of fuel, affording capacity of using and places among the household. Here fuel used predominantly for preparation of principle foods should be given.<br /><br />The difference sources of cooking fuel and how this source is understood is defined as follows.<br /><div class="i1">1. Wood: if the main source of cooking fuel is any type of firewood then encircle code 1 to denote firewood.<br /><br />2. Kerosene: if the main source of cooking fuel is kerosene then encircle code 2 to denote kerosene.<br /><br />3. LP gas: if the household is using LP gas as the main source of cooking fuel then encircle code 3 to denote LP gas.<br /><br />4. Bio gas: if the household is producing bio gas by using cow dung and other as the main source of cooking fuel then encircle code 4 to denote bio gas.<br /><br />5. Cow dung: if the household is using dry cow dung, circle code 5.<br /><br />6. Others: if the household is using other sources than mentioned above as the main source of cooking fuel, like crop residuals (for example cereal straw from maize, wheat, paddy rice, rice hulls, coconut husks, ground not shells), then encircle code 6 and specify.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main source of fuel used for cooking.
Universe
Nepal 2001: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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