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Demographic and Health Survey 1998-99 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1998 - 1999
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IND_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Fuel for cooking and heating: Liquid petroleum gas (W_CHLPG)

Data file: IND1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 367
End: 367
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
38. What other types of fuel does your household commonly use for cooking or heating? RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

WOOD A
CROP RESIDUES B
DUNG CAKES C
COAL/COKE/LIGNITE D
CHARCOAL E
KEROSENE F
ELECTRICITY G
LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS H
BIO-GAS I
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___________ X
NO OTHER TYPE Y
Categories
Value Category
6 Non-resident
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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
CHLPG indicates whether the household uses liquid petroleum gas/gas for cooking and heating.

The information in CHLPG is taken from the household record and applies to household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis and using the RESIDENT variable when women, children, and births are the unit of analysis.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Housing Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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