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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 lighting fuel (BW2011A_LIGHT)

Data file: BWA2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 211
End: 212
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>Lighting
<br />17. What is the principal energy used by this household for lighting?</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 Candle<br />[] Other (specify) ________</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Electricity grid
02 Petrol
03 Diesel
04 Solar power
05 Gas (LPG)
07 Wood
08 Paraffin
09 Candle
10 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
197. Column E17: Principal fuel for lighting
<br />Q. What is the principal energy used by this household for lighting?
<br />Ask for the principal source of fuel used by the household for lighting and circle the appropriate 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.</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. Candle <br />10. 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main source of lighting 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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