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National Population Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2011
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NPL_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Usual type of fuel used for cooking (NP2011A_FUELCK)

Data file: NPL2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 205
End: 205
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Household Information</span></p>

<p><span class="em">[4] What is the usual type of fuel used for cooking in your household?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Wood<br />[] 2 Kerosene<br />[] 3 LP gas<br />[] 4 Cow dung<br />[] 5 Biogas<br />[] 6 Electricity<br />[] 7 Other ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Wood or firewood
2 Kerosene
3 LP (liquefied petroleum) gas
4 Cow dung
5 Bio gas
6 Electricity
7 Other
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
<span class="h3">Household information</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 4: what is the usual type of fuel the family uses for cooking food?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Wood / firewood<br />[] 2 Kerosene<br />[] 3 LP gas<br />[] 4 Cow dung / bio briquette<br />[] 5 Bio gas<br />[] 6 Electricity<br />[] 7 Other</div><p>Ask the family about the fuel they are using to cook food and determine the mostly used fuel source, circle the appropriate reference. A family might have used various kinds of fuel to cook their food. In such case, only circle the fuel that is used most. The detail description of fuels that families usually use has been put below:</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 28]</span></p>

<p>1. Wood / firewood - If the family is using usually wood/firewood for cooking food, circle the reference 1. </p>

<p>2. Kerosene - If the family is usually using kerosene stove for cooking food, circle the reference 2.</p>

<p>3. LP gas - If the family is usually using LP gas cylinder to cook food, circle the reference 3.</p>

<p>4. Cow dung / bio briquette - If the family is usually using the cow dung briquette or dried livestock dung mixed in wood, jute stick, fodder or bio briquette, circle the reference 4.</p>

<p>5. Bio gas - If the family is usually using the biogas produced from livestock dung, circle the reference 5.</p>

<p>6. Electricity - If the family is usually using electricity for cooking food, circle the reference 6.</p>

<p>7. Others - Besides the fuels stated above, if the family is usually using other fuel sources for cooking food (e.g. solar, thatch, straw, fodders only), circle the reference 7 and specify the fuel source items.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the usual type of fuel used for cooking of the household.
Universe
Nepal 2011: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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