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Second General Census of Population and Housing,1987 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1987
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CMR_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan et de l'Amenagement du Territoire, IPUMS
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Main source of lighting (CM1987A_LIGHT)

Data file: CMR1987_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 192
End: 192
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="CM87A032" v="CM87A032 CM87A033 CM87A034 CM87A035 CM87A036 CM87A037 CM87A038 CM87A039 CM87A040 CM87A041"><span class="h2">Questions on housing</span><br /><br />Circle the appropriate number where applicable: in the case of a compound occupied by only one household, take the characteristics (except for the number of rooms) of the main house.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CM87A036">H5. Main source of lighting<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Kerosene<br />[] 3 Electricity and kerosene<br />[] 4 Gas<br />[] 5 Others</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Electricity
2 Kerosene
3 Electicity and kerosene
4 Gas
5 Other
9 Unknown
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 sources of light.
Universe
Cameroon 1987: Private households [Discrepancies: none]

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