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2011 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 2011
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BWA_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Main heating fuel (BW2011A_FUELHEAT)

Data file: BWA2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 215
End: 216
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">E. Household Information</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Housing unit</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Principle fuel</span></p>

<p>Heating (space)
<br />18. What is the principal energy used by this household for heating (space)?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 01 Electricity grid<br />[] 02 Petrol<br />[] 03 Diesel<br />[] 04 Solar power<br />[] 05 Gas (LPG)<br />[] 06 Bio gas<br />[] 07 Wood<br />[] 08 Paraffin<br />[] 09 Cow dung<br />[] 10 Coal<br />[] 11 Charcoal<br />[] 12 None<br />[] Other (specify) ________</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Electricity grid
02 Petrol
04 Solar power
05 Gas (LPG)
06 Bio gas
07 Wood
08 Paraffin
09 Cow dung
10 Coal
11 Charcoal
12 None
13 Other
99 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
199. Column E19: Principal fuel for heating
<br />Q. What is the principal energy used by this household for space heating?
<br />Ask for the principal fuel used by the household for space heating and circle the appropriate answer code. It is possible that a household may use more than one fuel at any one time but it is the one that is used most often that should be recorded. Only one code should be circled. Possible codes are as follows:</p>
<div class="i1">1. Electricity grid<br />2. Electricity petrol<br />3. Electricity diesel<br />4. Solar power<br />5. Gas (LPG)<br />6. Bio gas<br />7. Wood<br />8. Paraffin<br />9. Cow dung<br />10. Coal<br />11. Charcoal<br />12. None<br />13. Other (specify)</div><p>If the particular fuel used is not listed, write down the name of the fuel used in the space below the codes.</p>

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Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main source of heating fuel used by the household.
Universe
Botswana 2011: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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