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Panama, 2000
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PAN_2000_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo, Minnesota Population Center
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Type of lighting (PA2000A_0054)

Data file: PAN2000-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 190
End: 190
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
12. What type of lighting does the dwelling have?

[] 1 Public Electric (Distributing company)
[] 2 Community Electric
[] 3 Own electric (generator)
[] 4 Kerosene or Diesel
[] 5 Gas
[] 6 Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Electric, public system
2 Electric, community system
3 Electric, private (generator)
4 Kerosene/diesel
5 Gas
6 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.
Interviewer instructions
Questions 3 to 15 are only asked at dwellings with occupants present (Circle 1).




Question No. 12: What type of lighting does the dwelling have?

The objective of this question is to know the source by which the persons in the dwelling are illuminated.
Mark a single circle according to the response of the person.

a. Public Electricity (Distributor company) (Circle 1):
When the dwelling has electric installations provided from distributor companies. Examples: Northeast Electric, S. A., Electric Transmission Company, S. A. (ETESA).


[To the right of the text are pictures of an electric lamp and power lines.]

[p. 52]


b. Community electricity (Circle 2):
When a dwelling has electric installations provided from the community.

c. Own electricity (plant) (Circle 3):
When a dwelling has electric installations generated by an owned plant of private use.

d. Kerosene or diesel (Circle 4):
When occupants of a dwelling are illuminated with kerosene or diesel.

e. Gas (Circle 5):
When occupants of a dwelling are illuminated with gas.

f. Other (Circle 6):
When occupants of a dwelling use another type of lighting that is not listed above. (Example: Candles, solar energy, etc.).

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of lighting in the dwelling.
Universe
Private households with occupants present

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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