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National Census of Population and Housing 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 1988
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POL_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Heating of the dwelling (PL1988A_HEATDW)

Data file: POL1988_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 136
End: 136
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Characteristics of the dwelling</span></p>

<p>11. Heating of dwelling</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Collective central heating<br />[] 2 Individual central heating based on gas<br />[] 3 Individual central heating based on another fuel (e.g. coal, wood, petrol etc.)<br />[] 4 Stoves (e.g. tiled stove using wood, coal, sawdust etc.)<br />[] 5 Electric heating (accumulative)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Collective central heating
2 Individual central heating based on gas
3 Individual central heating based on another fuel (coal, wood, petrol, etc.)
4 Stoves (tiled stove using wood, coal, sawdust, etc.)
5 Electric heating (accumulative)
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.
Universe
Poland 1988: Private dwellings excluding provisional or mobile housing [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

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