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VII Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico de 1960. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1960
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BRA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Servico Nacional de Recenseamento. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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Electric lighting (BR1960A_ELECTR)

Data file: BRA1960_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 125
End: 125
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BR60A011"><span class="h3">H. Electricity</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 35 have<br />[] 36 don't have</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Have
2 Don't have
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="BR60A011"><span class="h3">Question H - Electric lighting</span><br /><br />Indicate if the dwelling does or does not have electric lighting, regardless of whether it is connected to a general system or not.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the household had access to electricity.
Universe
Brazil 1960: Not group quarters, not improvised dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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