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2020 The Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2016 - 2020
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PRI_2020_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Home heating fuel (PR2020A_FUELHEAT)

Data file: PRI2020_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 197
End: 198
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Housing</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Please answer the following questions about the house, apartment, or mobile home at the address on the mailing label.</span></p>

<p>13. Which fuel is used most for heating this house, apartment or mobile home?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Gas: from underground pipes serving the neighborhood<br />[] Gas: bottled, tank or LP<br />[] Electricity<br />[] Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.<br />[] Coal or coke<br />[] Wood<br />[] Solar energy<br />[] Other fuel<br />[] No fuel used</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 No fuel used
02 Utility gas from underground pipes serving neighborhood
03 Bottled, tank, or liquefied petroleum gas
04 Electricity
05 Fuel oil, kerosene, other liquid fuels
06 Coal or coke
07 Wood
08 Solar energy
09 Other
99 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 home heating fuel.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2020: Private occupied households [discrepancies: none]

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