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Multi-Tier Framework for Measuring Energy Access 2017

Liberia, 2017
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LBR_2017_MTF_v01_M
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Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)
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Jan 27, 2026
Last modified
Jan 27, 2026

Data file: MTF_HH_Main.dta

- Household characteristics
- Supply and demand of electricity
• Electricity from national grid
• Electricity from mini grid
• Electric generator set
• Externally recharged battery (car battery, etc)
• Main solar-based device
• Main source of electricity
- Willingness to pay for a grid connection
- Willingness to pay for solar device
- Kerosene/fuel-based /candle lighting
- Dry-cell batteries
- Household fuel consumption
- Use of cooking solutions
- Main cookstove
- Space and water heating
- Willingness to pay for an improved cookstove
- Consumption / expenditure
• Consumption
• Goods and services monthly expenditure
• Goods and services expenditure in last 12 months
- Street lighting
- Women’s empowerment

Cases: 3903
Variables: 622

Variables

HH_ID
Household ID
Date_of_questionnaire_submission
Date of the qestionnaire submission
County
Select the county of survey
District
Select the district of survey
EA
Specify the EA of survey
Locality
Select the locality of survey
Language
Language of interview
Household_structure
Scan the barcode of on your enumerator ID
Number_of_apartment_units
Enter in the number of units apartment units or separate dwellings found at this
Height
Height
Length
Foot Length
First_date_of_interview
Date of 1st Interview
Second_date_of_interview
Date of 2nd Interview
Third_date_of_interview
Date of 3rd Interview
Consent
Do you consent to take part in this survey?
HH_members
How many individuals are in this household (that fulfill the criteria in the pre
HH_roaster
Household Roster
B1
Enumerator: Scan the household roster barcode to register the respondent ID for
B2
Does your household live in this dwelling for the entire year?
B3
Is this your main dwelling?
B4
What is the type of dwelling?
B4_other
What is the type of dwelling? (Other)
B5
How many households share your dwelling?
B6
Do you own this dwelling?
B7
Do you use it for free or rent it?
B8
How many rooms (excluding the kitchen, toilet, and bathroom) does the household
B9
The walls of the dwelling are mainly made of what material?
B9_other
The walls of the dwelling are mainly made of what material? (Other)
B10
The roof of the dwelling is mainly made of what material?
B10_other
The roof of the dwelling is mainly made of what material? (Other)
B11
The floor of the dwelling is mainly made of what material?
B11_other
The floor of the dwelling is mainly made of what material? (Other)
B12_1
What type of toilet facility does your household use? (#1/8)
B12_2
What type of toilet facility does your household use? (#2/8)
B12_other
What type of toilet facility does your household use? (Other)
B13
What is your household’s main source of drinking water?
B13_other
What is your household’s main source of drinking water? (Other)
B14
Is your drinking water treated (chemical treatment)?
B15_1
If you can get a loan/credit, what are the sources of credit/loans? (#1/14)
B15_2
If you can get a loan/credit, what are the sources of credit/loans? (#2/14)
B15_3
If you can get a loan/credit, what are the sources of credit/loans? (#3/14)
B15_other
If you can get a loan/credit, what are the sources of credit/loans? (Other)
B16
Do you have a mobile money account?
B17
Do you use mobile money to make payments over the mobile phone?
B18
Have you used the account in the past 90 days?
B19_1
How do you use the mobile money services? (#1/13)
B19_2
How do you use the mobile money services? (#2/13)
B19_3
How do you use the mobile money services? (#3/13)
B19_4
How do you use the mobile money services? (#4/13)
B19_5
How do you use the mobile money services? (#5/13)
B19_6
How do you use the mobile money services? (#6/13)
B19_other
How do you use the mobile money services? (Other)
C1
Enumerator: Scan the household roster barcode to register the respondent ID for
C2
Is the household connected to the national grid?
C3a
How far is your house from the nearest national grid line in kilometers?
C3b
How far is your house from the nearest national grid line in terms of minutes wa
C4
What is the MAIN reason why your household is not connected to the grid?
C4_other
What is the MAIN reason why your household is not connected to the grid? (Other)
C5
Do you expect to get grid connection?
C6
What month and year do you expect to get grid connection?
C7
How many years have you had this grid connection?
C8
How much did your household pay for the grid connection fee?
C9
How much did your household pay for the internal wiring fee?
C10
How many weeks after you applied for the grid connection did your household get
C11
How many weeks after you were connected were you able to use electricity in your
C12
Who receives the payment for your electricity service?
C12_other
Who receives the payment for your electricity service? (Other)
C13
Does your household have an electric meter?
C14
Is this a pre-paid meter?
C15
Does your household share the electric meter?
C16
How many households are sharing the meter?
C17
How are you billed for electricity?
C17_other
How are you billed for electricity? (Other)
C18
What is the most common way you make your electricity bill payment?
C18_other
What is the most common way you make your electricity bill payment? (Other)
C19
Enumerator: If the respondent pays the energy company or has a record of the ele
C20
In a typical month, how much did you spend on the electric bill?
C21
In a typical month how much electricity did your household consume?
C20b
In a typical month, how much did you spend on electricity?
C22
Is the quality of electricity service the same all year?
C23_1
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#1/13)
C23_2
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#2/13)
C23_3
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#3/13)
C23_4
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#4/13)
C23_5
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#5/13)
C23_6
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#6/13)
C23_7
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#7/13)
C23_8
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#8/13)
C23_9
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#9/13)
C23_10
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#10/13)
C23_11
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#11/13)
C23_12
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#12/13)
C23_13
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#13/13)
C242
C24_29_count
Ss-MTF-Ca-C24_29_count
SETOFSsMTFCaC24_29
Worst Months of Electricity
C30
What is your main back-up source of lighting during outages/blackouts of the gri
C30_other
What is your main back-up source of lighting during outages/blackouts of the gri
C31
What is your main back-up source of electricity for appliances (including mobile
C31_other
What is your main back-up source of electricity for appliances (including mobile
C32
How do you request for repairs in electricity service or file a complaint?
C32_other
How do you request for repairs in electricity service or file a complaint? (Othe
C33
When there is a blackout in your community, who do you usually approach for assi
C33b
C34
The last time you asked for assistance, how many days after you contacted ${C33b
C35
In the last 12 months, did any of your appliances get damaged because the voltag
C36a
What are the most serious problems you experience with your grid electricity?
C36a_other
What are the most serious problems you experience with your grid electricity? (O
C36b
What are the second most serious problems you experience with your grid electric
C36b_other
What are the second most serious problems you experience with your grid electric
C37
In the last 12 months, did any household members die or have permanent limb (bod
C38
Is the household connected to a mini-grid?
C39
What is the name of the local mini-grid company?
C40
Is there a limit for the load and/or appliances you are allowed to power from th
C41
How many years have you had this mini-grid connection?
C42
How much did your household pay for the mini-grid connection fee?
C43
How much did your household pay for the internal wiring?
C44
How many weeks after you applied for the mini-grid connection did your household
C45
How many weeks after you were connected were you able to use electricity in your
C46
Have you applied for an upgrade of service since you connected to the mini-grid?
C47
Who receives the payment for your electricity service?
C47_other
Who receives the payment for your electricity service? (Other)
C48
Does your household have an electric meter?
C49
Is this a pre-paid meter?
C50
Does your household share the electric meter?
C52
How are you billed for electricity?
C53
What is the most common way you make your electricity bill payment?
C54
Were you involved in setting the tariff for the mini-grid?
C55
How were you involved in the tariff setting?
C56
Enumerator: If the respondent pays the energy company or has a record of the ele
C57
In the last month, how much did you spend on the electric bill?
C58
In the last month how much electricity did your household use?
C57b
In the last month, how much did you spend on the electricity?
C59
Is the quality of electricity service the same all year?
C60_1
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#1/13)
C60_2
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#2/13)
C60_3
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#3/13)
C60_4
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#4/13)
C60_5
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#5/13)
C60_6
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#6/13)
C60_7
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#7/13)
C60_8
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#8/13)
C60_9
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#9/13)
C60_10
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#10/13)
C60_11
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#11/13)
C60_12
What are the worst months for service from the grid? (#12/13)
C610
C61_C66_count
Ss-MTF-C.2-C61_C66_count
SETOFSsMTFC2C61_C66
Typical and Worst Months of Electricity
C67
What is your main back-up source of lighting during outages/blackouts of the gri
C67_other
What is your main back-up source of lighting during outages/blackouts of the gri
C68
What is your main back-up source of electricity for appliances (including mobile
C68_other
What is your main back-up source of electricity for appliances (including mobile
C69
How do you request for repairs in electricity service or file a complaint?
C69_other
How do you request for repairs in electricity service or file a complaint? (Othe
C70
When there is a blackout in your community, who do you usually approach for assi
C70b
C71
The last time you asked for assistance, how many days after you contacted ${C70b
C72
In the last 12 months, did any of your appliances get damaged because the voltag
C73a
What are the most serious problems you experience with your mini grid electricit
C73a_other
What are the most serious problems you experience with your mini grid electricit
C73b
What are the second most serious problems you experience with your mini grid ele
C73b_other
What are the second most serious problems you experience with your mini grid ele
C74
In the last 12 months, did any household members die or have permanent limb (bod
C75
In the last 12 months, did the household use a generator to supply electricity?
C76
How many generators does your household use to supply electricity? If multiple g
C77
Do you share this generator with other households?
C78
How many households are sharing electricity from this generator?
C79
Enumerator Observation:What is the capacity of the MAIN generator? Read name pl
C80_1
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use this generator or did you use
C80_2
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use this generator or did you use
C80_3
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use this generator or did you use
C80_4
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use this generator or did you use
C80_5
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use this generator or did you use
C80_6
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use this generator or did you use
C80_7
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use this generator or did you use
C80_8
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use this generator or did you use
C80_9
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use this generator or did you use
C80_10
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use this generator or did you use
C80_11
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use this generator or did you use
C80_12
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use this generator or did you use
C80_13
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use this generator or did you use
C81
How many days per month did you typically use this generator?
C82_1
In the last 12 months, what did your household use this generator for? (#1/5)
C82_2
In the last 12 months, what did your household use this generator for? (#2/5)
C82_3
In the last 12 months, what did your household use this generator for? (#3/5)
C83
How many years have you used this generator?
C84
Does your household own the generator?
C85
Who owns the generator?
C86
Do you rent the generator or use it for free?
C87
How do you pay for electricity services from the generator?
C88
In the months that you use it, how much did you pay to use the generator each mo
C89
How much did you pay to purchase the generator?
C90
In the last 12 months, how much did you pay for repairs/parts/maintenance of the
C91
What fuel is used to power the generator?
C92
In the last 30 days, what was the total quantity of fuel used to power the gener
C93
Do you pay for the fuel used to power the generator?
C94
In the last 30 days, how much did your household spend on fuel for this generato
C95
Is the generator the household’s main source of electricity?
C96
Are there certain months/seasons of the year when less fuel is available to powe
C97_1
What are the worst months of fuel availability for the generator? (#1/13)
C97_2
What are the worst months of fuel availability for the generator? (#2/13)
C97_3
What are the worst months of fuel availability for the generator? (#3/13)
C97_4
What are the worst months of fuel availability for the generator? (#4/13)
C97_5
What are the worst months of fuel availability for the generator? (#5/13)
C97_6
What are the worst months of fuel availability for the generator? (#6/13)
C97_7
What are the worst months of fuel availability for the generator? (#7/13)
C97_8
What are the worst months of fuel availability for the generator? (#8/13)
C97_9
What are the worst months of fuel availability for the generator? (#9/13)
C982
C98_100_count
Ss-MTF-C.3-C98_100_count
SETOFSsMTFC3C98_100
Worst Months of Electricity
C101
In the last 12 months, did any of your appliances get damaged because the voltag
C102a
What are the most serious problems you experience with the generator?
C102a_other
What are the most serious problems you experience with the generator? (Other)
C102b
What are the second most serious problems you experience with the generator?
C103
In the last 12 months, did any household members die or have permanent limb (bod
C104
In the last 12 months, did the household use any rechargeable batteries, such as
C105_1
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use rechargeable batteries or did
C105_2
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use rechargeable batteries or did
C105_3
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use rechargeable batteries or did
C105_4
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use rechargeable batteries or did
C105_5
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use rechargeable batteries or did
C105_6
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use rechargeable batteries or did
C105_7
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use rechargeable batteries or did
C105_8
In the last 12 months, in which months did you use rechargeable batteries or did
C106_1
In the last 12 months, what did your household use rechargeable batteries for? (
C106_2
In the last 12 months, what did your household use rechargeable batteries for? (
C107
Does your household have an inverter that allows you to use AC appliances?
C108
What is the capacity of the inverter?
C109
What is the total number of rechargeable batteries that you use in a typical mon
SETOFSsMTFC4C110_C113
Details of each rechargeable battery
C114
Do you pay to recharge the battery?
C115
How much does your household spend in a typical month to recharge the batteries
C116
What is the electricity source used to recharge the battery?
C116_other
What is the electricity source used to recharge the battery? (Other)
C116b
C117
Is battery recharging limited by availability of electricity from ${C116b}?
C118
How many hours can you use rechargeable batteries for electricity supply each da
C119
How many hours do you actually use rechargeable batteries for electricity supply
C120a
What is the first most serious problems you experience with the rechargeable bat
C120b
What is the second most serious problems you experience with the rechargeable ba
C121
In the last 12 months, did any household members die or have permanent limb (bod
C122_1
In the last 12 months, did the household use any of the following solar based de
C5C122_1
How many total solar based devises do you have (of any type)?
C123
How many solar home systems (SHS) do you have?
C124
How many solar lighting systems do you have?
C125
How many solar lanterns do you have?
C126_145_count
Ss-MTF-C.5-C126_145_count
SETOFSsMTFC5C126_145
Solar Based Devices
C146
Are there certain months/seasons every year when the service is not as strong fr
C147_1
What are the worst months for service from your main solar device? (#1/14)
C147_2
What are the worst months for service from your main solar device? (#2/14)
C147_3
What are the worst months for service from your main solar device? (#3/14)
C147_4
What are the worst months for service from your main solar device? (#4/14)
C147_5
What are the worst months for service from your main solar device? (#5/14)
C147_6
What are the worst months for service from your main solar device? (#6/14)
C147_7
What are the worst months for service from your main solar device? (#7/14)
C147_8
What are the worst months for service from your main solar device? (#8/14)
C148c
C148_150_count
Ss-MTF-C.5-C148_150_count
SETOFSsMTFC5C148_150
Worst Months of Electricity
C151
In the last 12 months, did any household members die or have permanent limb (bod
C152
Are there any appliances you do not have that you would like to have?
C153_1
What appliances would you most like to have? (#1/9)
C153_2
What appliances would you most like to have? (#2/9)
C153_3
What appliances would you most like to have? (#3/9)
C153_4
What appliances would you most like to have? (#4/9)
C153_5
What appliances would you most like to have? (#5/9)
C153_6
What appliances would you most like to have? (#6/9)
C153_7
What appliances would you most like to have? (#7/9)
C153_other
What appliances would you most like to have? (Other)
C154
Overall, how satisfied are you with the service provided by the main solar devic
C155
In what year did you get your first solar device?
C156
Has solar been your main source of lighting/electricity since ${C155}?
C157
What was your main source of lighting/electricity when it was not a solar device
C157_other
What was your main source of lighting/electricity when it was not a solar device
C158
Compared to the first time you used solar lighting, do you currently…
C159_1
What appliances do you use today that you did not use with your first solar ligh
C159_other
What appliances do you use today that you did not use with your first solar ligh
C160
Of all the sources that you mentioned above, which is the source that you use th
C160_other
Of all the sources that you mentioned above, which is the source that you use th
C161
How many mobile phones do the household members own in total?
C163
Are members of your household able to charge all their mobile phones as often as
C164
Can you charge at least one mobile phone to full charge everyday inside your dwe
C165
Can you charge at least one mobile phone to full charge in 3 days inside your dw
C166
How many mobile phones of your household members do you charge outside your dwel
C167
Do members of your household have to go more than one-half a kilometer (walk mor
C168
How much does your household spend each month (in total) on charging the mobile
C169_1
Select the appliances available in the household: (#1/40)
C169_2
Select the appliances available in the household: (#2/40)
C169_3
Select the appliances available in the household: (#3/40)
C169_4
Select the appliances available in the household: (#4/40)
C169_5
Select the appliances available in the household: (#5/40)
C169_6
Select the appliances available in the household: (#6/40)
C169_7
Select the appliances available in the household: (#7/40)
C169_8
Select the appliances available in the household: (#8/40)
C169_9
Select the appliances available in the household: (#9/40)
C169_10
Select the appliances available in the household: (#10/40)
C169_11
Select the appliances available in the household: (#11/40)
Total: 622
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