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Census of Population of Ireland, 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1991
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IRL_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Principal fuel used for heating in winter (IE1991A_FUELHEAT)

Data file: IRL1991_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 153
End: 154
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">PART B - Household questions</span></p>

<p>[Questions 25-33 should be answered with respect to each private household. These questions need not be answered with respect to institutions or private households living in caravans or other mobile dwellings.]</p>

<p>Q.32 Household heating in winter time</p>
<div class="i1">Indicate the principal method of heating the dwelling in winter time and also the principal fuel used. Check one box only.<br /><br />Principal method of heating:<br /><br />[] 1 Open fire only<br />[] 2 Open fire with water heating back boiler<br />[] 3 Open fire with back boiler central heating<br /><br />Closed solid fuel appliances:<br /><br />[] 4 Room heating only<br />[] 5 Room and water heating<br />[] 6 Central heating<br />[] 7 Electric central heating<br />[] 8 Oil fired central heating<br />[] 9 Gas fired central heating<br />[] 10 Dual system central heating<br />[] 11 Portable heaters<br />[] 12 Other<br /><br />Principal type of fuel:<br /><br />Solid fuel:<br />[] 1 Smokeless fuel (e.g., briquettes, anthracite/extracite)<br />[] 2 House (bituminous) coal<br />[] 3 Other solid fuel (e.g. turf, wood)<br />[] 4 Electricity<br />[] 5 Oil, including kerosene<br />[] 6 Natural gas<br />[] 7 Bottled gas, including bulk LPG<br />[] 8 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Smokeless fuel
02 House coal
03 Other solid fuel
04 Electricity
05 Oil
06 Natural gas
07 Bottled gas
08 Other
98 Unknown
99 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 household's principal type of fuel used for heating in winter.
Universe
Ireland 1991: Private non-mobile households [discrepancies: type I none; type II 2.6%]

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