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1998 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1998
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MWI_1998_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Cooking fuel of 1st dwelling (MW1998A_FUELCK1)

Data file: MWI1998_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 189
End: 190
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MW98A034 MW98A035 MW98A046 MW98A047 MW98A058 MW98A059 MW98A070 MW98A071">What is the main source of energy?<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MW98A034 MW98A046 MW98A058 MW98A070"><div class="i1">D8. Cooking</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Firewood<br />[] 2 Charcoal<br />[] 3 Electricity<br />[] 4 Paraffin<br />[] 5 Gas<br />[] 6 Candles<br />[] 7 Dung<br />[] 8 Grass<br />[] 9 None</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Fire wood
02 Charcoal
03 Electricity
04 Paraffin
05 Gas
08 Grass
09 None
98 Unknown
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 main source of cooking fuel used in the first dwelling.
Universe
Malawi 1998: Private households [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

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