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IX National Population and Housing Census, 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2010
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DOM_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Type of lighting (DO2010A_LIGHT)

Data file: DOM2010_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 318
End: 318
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section IV - Household characteristics </span></p>

<p>17. What type of electricity does your household use?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Public electricity<br />[] 2 Propane lamp<br />[] 3 Kerosene lamp<br />[] 4 Electricity from own generator<br />[] 5 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Public electricity
2 Propane lamp
3 Kerosene lamp
4 Electricity from own generator
5 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
<span class="em">Question 17. </span>What type of electricity does your household use?
<br />The answer to this question helps identify what type of electricity is used or mostly used in households. It is a basic component of the social conditions of well-being.
<br />Ask the question to the interviewee and record the answer. If the informant replies that the household uses electricity, fill in code 1. When the type of electricity is different than the options provided in 1 to 4, then fill in the option of code 5 "Other".

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of lighting used by the household.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2010: Private, occupied dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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