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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 source of lighting (NP2011A_LIGHT)

Data file: NPL2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 206
End: 206
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p><span class="em">[5] What is the usual source of lighting in your household? </span><div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Kerosene<br />[] 3 Biogas<br />[] 4 Solar<br />[] 5 Other ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Kerosene
3 Bio gas
4 Solar
5 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 5: what do you use for lighting in the family? What is the usual source of lighting in the family?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Kerosene<br />[] 3 Bio gas<br />[] 4 Solar<br />[] 5 Other</div><p>Ask the family what they are using for lighting the house, and if it is electricity, circle the reference one. The family is usually using kerosene lamp or <span class="lang">tuki</span> for lighting, circle the reference 2. If the family is usually using bio gas for lighting, circle the reference 3. If the family is using the solar panel for lighting the house, circle reference 4. Besides the lighting source stated above, if the family usually are using other sources, e.g. wood, <span class="lang">petromax</span> using LP gas, wax, batteries used lamb etc., circle the reference 5 and specify the source.</p>

<p>If any household usually is using generator to produce electricity and lighting the house, this source should be identified as electricity and circle the reference 1.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the usual source of lighting of the household.
Universe
Nepal 2011: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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