Home / Central Data Catalog / SEN_1988_PHC_V01_M_V7.5_A_IPUMS / variable [H]
central

General Census of Population and Housing (1988) - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988
Get Microdata
Reference ID
SEN_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Census Bureau, IPUMS
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Sep 29, 2011
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
20045
Downloads
2252

Type of lighting (SN1988A_LIGHT)

Data file: SEN1988_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 180
End: 180
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="SN88A048">H4. Type of lighting<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Gas lamp<br />[] 3 Kerosene lantern<br />[] 4 Petrol lamp<br />[] 5 Candle<br />[] 6 Wood<br />[] 7 Other case</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Gas lamp
3 Kerosene lantern
4 Petrol lamp
5 Candle
6 Wood
7 Other cases
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="SN88A048">H4) Type of lighting<br /><div class="i1">You have to circle the item corresponding to the type of lighting the most frequently used by the household members.</div><br /><br />If there are several types of lighting, circle the most frequently utilized.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of lighting used most frequently by the household.
Universe
Senegal 1988: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
Back to Catalog