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Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2001
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ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Fuel for heating (ZA2001A_FUELHT)

Data file: ZAF2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 214
End: 214
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="ZA01A029 ZA01A030 ZA01A031">H-28. Energy/fuel<br /><div class="i1">What type of energy/fuel does this household mainly use for cooking, for heating and for lighting? Write one code in each box.<br />Note:<br />-Wood (4), coal (5) and animal dung (7) cannot be used for lighting<br />-Candles (6) cannot be used for cooking or heating<br />_ Cooking<br />1 = Electricity<br />2 = Gas<br />3 = Paraffin<br />4 = Wood<br />5 = Coal<br />6 = Candles<br />7 = Animal dung<br />8 = Solar<br />9 = Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _<br />_ Heating<br />1 = Electricity<br />2 = Gas<br />3 = Paraffin<br />4 = Wood<br />5 = Coal<br />6 = Candles<br />7 = Animal dung<br />8 = Solar<br />9 = Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _<br />_ Lighting<br />1 = Electricity<br />2 = Gas<br />3 = Paraffin<br />4 = Wood<br />5 = Coal<br />6 = Candles<br />7 = Animal dung<br />8 = Solar<br />9 = Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Electricity
2 Gas
3 Paraffin
4 Wood
5 Coal
7 Animal dung
8 Solar
9 Other
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="ZA01A029 ZA01A030 ZA01A031"><span class="em">Question H-28 -- Energy/fuel </span><br /><br /><span class="em">"What type of energy/fuel does this household MAINLY use for cooking, heating and for lighting?"</span><br /><br />There are three boxes to be filled in for this question. Note that certain fuels cannot be used for certain purposes.<br /><br />If e.g. electricity is used for cooking, heating and lighting, write "1" in each box.<br /><br />If e.g. the household mainly uses wood for cooking, coal for heating and candles for lighting, write "4", "5" and "6" in the respective boxes.<br /><br />If the electricity is not from a service provider but from a private source, e.g. a small private generator or solar panel, write code 9 and specify.<br /><br />When you specify the energy used, do <span class="em">not</span> write in the box; instead write on the dotted line.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of energy source used for heating.
Universe
South Africa 2001: Non-homeless households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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