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XII Censo General de Población y Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Venezuela, RB, 1990
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VEN_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Central de Estadística e Informática, IPUMS
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Domestic fuel (VE1990A_FUELCOOK)

Data file: VEN1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 188
End: 188
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="VE90A027">9. The fuel normally used for cooking is:<br /><div class="i1">[] Gas<br />[] Electricity<br />[] kerosene or gasoline<br />[] Others (wood, charcoal, etc.)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Natural gas
2 Electricity
3 Kerosene/gasoline
4 Others
8 Unknown
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
<svar a="all" v="VE90A027"><span class="em">Question No.9</span><br /><br />[Cooking fuel]<br />[The instructions refer to a graphic of section II, question 9 on the census form.]<br /><br />-- Read the question and possible answers and fill in the cell that corresponds to the fuel most used for cooking.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of fuel normally used for cooking.
Universe
Venezuela 1990: Private permanent occupied dwellings, except "other type" [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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