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Grand Census 2013 of Population, Housing, Agruculture, Livestock, and Farming - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 2013
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SEN_2013_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Agency of Statistics and Demography, IPUMS
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Main fuel for cooking (SN2013A_FUELCK)

Data file: SEN2013_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 215
End: 215
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">E- Characteristics of the home environment </span></p>

<p>E12. Main fuel for cooking. </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Wood<br />[] 2 Coal<br />[] 3 Gas<br />[] 4 Electricity<br />[] 5 Cow dung<br />[] 8 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Wood
2 Coal
3 Gas
4 Electricity
5 Cow dung
6 Other
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h2">4.5 Part E: characteristics of the dwelling</span></p>

<p><span class="em">E12: main fuel for cooking</span>
<br />Circle the main fuel used for cooking. The fuels here are: wood, charcoal, gas, electricity, cow dung and other.</p>
<div class="i2">1 Wood, <br />2 Charcoal, <br />3 Gas, <br />4 Electricity, <br />5 Cow dung, <br />8 Other.</div><span class="pg">[p. 63]</span>
<br />Cow dung: dung is the excrement of ruminant mammals like the cow. Once dried, the dung, also called ''cow's wood'', can be used as fuel.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of fuel used most frequently by the household for cooking.
Universe
Senegal 2013: Ordinary households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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