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National Population and Housing Census 1978 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 1978
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POL_1978_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Method of heating the dwelling (PL1978A_HEAT)

Data file: POL1978_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 141
End: 141
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
10. Heating</p>
<div class="i1">[] Central heating</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Collective, i.e. thermal energy is supplied from power stations, or from boiler for flat block<br />[] 2 Individual, i.e. thermal energy is supplied from boiler in on-family house, or boiler for storey</div><div class="i1">[] 3 Heating by electric accumulators<br />[] 4 Other types of heating (coal, or gas stoves, etc.)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Collective central heating
2 Individual central heating
3 Heating by electric accumulators
4 Other types of heating (coal, gas stoves)
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 method of heating the dwelling. All private dwellings must have some type of heating.
Universe
Poland 1978: Private dwellings excluding provisional or mobile housing [discrepancies: type I 0.1%, type II trace]

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