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XI Population Census and VI Housing Census of 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 2002
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GTM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Lighting service (GT2002A_LIGHT)

Data file: GTM2002_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 198
End: 198
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Chapter IV. Habitation situation of the household</span></p>

<p><span class="em">6. What type of lighting is regularly available in the dwelling?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Electric<br />[] 2 Solar panel<br />[] 3 Natural gas<br />[] 4 Candle<br />[] 5 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Electric
2 Solar panel
3 Natural gas
4 Candle
5 Other
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="h3">Section 4: Household housing status</span></p>

<p>The information you record in this section is for each household in a dwelling.</p>

<p><span class="em">6. Lighting </span>
<br />Ask, "What type of lighting is normally available in the household?"</p>

<p>[A graphic of question 6, from section 4 of the census form, is included here.]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of lighting service used by the household.
Universe
Guatemala 2002: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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