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Third General Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2005
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CMR_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, IPUMS
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Light source (CM2005A_LIGHT)

Data file: CMR2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

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

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CM05A088">54. Main source of energy for lighting<br /><div class="i1">[] Electricity<br />[] Gas<br />[] Kerosene<br />[] Saw dust<br />[] Firewood or charcoal<br />[] Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Gas
3 Kerosene
4 Saw dust
5 Firewood or charcoal
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
<svar a="all" v="CM05A088"><span class="em">54. Main method of lighting</span><br /><div class="i1">1-Electricity<br />2-Gas<br />3-Hurricane lamp<br />4-Shavings/sawdust<br />5-Burning wood/coal/charcoal<br />6-Other to specify</div><br /><div class="i2">Q. What is the main method of lighting in this dwelling?<br />-Mark in the indicated space the code corresponding to the answer of the surveyed person</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of lighting in the household.
Universe
Cameroon 2005: Ordinary households [discrepancies: unverifiable]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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