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National Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Papua New Guinea, 1990
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PNG_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Cooking fuel (PG1990A_FUELCK)

Data file: PNG1990_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 196
End: 196
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Urban Census form </span></p>

<p><span class="h3">Household Facilities</span></p>

<p>26. Kind of fuel used for cooking</p>
<div class="i1">Circle one code only<br /><br />[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Gas<br />[] 3 Kerosene<br />[] 4 Charcoal<br />[] 5 Firewood<br />[] 6 Other, describe ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Gas
3 Kerosene
4 Charcoal
5 Wood fire
6 Other
8 Unknown
9 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of fuel used for cooking in the dwelling.
Universe
Papua New Guinea 1990: Enumerated urban households [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

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