1981 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981

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CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Statistics Canada, IPUMS

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Principal water heating fuel (CA1981A_FUELW)

Data file: CAN1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 142

End: 142

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CA81A041">18. b. Which fuel is used most for water heating this dwelling?<br /><div class="i1">[] Oil or kerosene<br />[] Piped gas, e.g., natural gas<br />[] Bottled gas, e.g., propane<br />[] Electricity<br />[] Wood<br />[] Coal or coke<br />[] Other fuel</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Oil or kerosene
2	Piped or bottled gas
3	Electricity
4	Other fuel
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the principal water heating fuel in a dwelling.

Universe

Canada 1981: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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