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National Census of Housing and Population 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 2012
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BOL_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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Main fuel or power used for cooking (BO2012A_FUELCK)

Data file: BOL2012_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 199
End: 199
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Chapter B. Main characteristics of the dwelling</span></p>

<p>12. What is the main fuel or power used for cooking?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Household gas (through pipes)<br />[] 2 Bottled gas<br />[] 3 Electricity<br />[] 4 Solar energy<br />[] 5 Wood<br />[] 6 Guano, dung, or manure<br />[] 7 Other<br />[] 8 No cooking</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Household gas (through pipes)
2 Bottled gas
3 Electricity
4 Solar energy
5 Wood
6 Guano, dung, or manure
7 Other
8 No cooking
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
<span class="h2">Chapter B. Main characteristics of the dwelling</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">Energy</span>
<br /><span class="em">11. Availability and source of electricity</span>
<br />Mark the appropriate circle or bubble.
<br /><span class="em">12. Main fuel or power used for cooking</span>
<br />Mark the appropriate circle or bubble.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main fuel or power used for cooking in the dwelling.
Universe
Bolivia 2012: Private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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