Second General Census of the Population and Habitation - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1992

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BEN_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis, IPUMS

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Lighting source (or fuel) (BJ1992A_LIGHT)

Data file: BEN1992_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 198

End: 198

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h1">Household dwelling unit characteristics </span></p>

<p>Lighting mode</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity (SBEE) <br />[] 2 Gas (lamps)<br />[] 3 Oil<br />[] 4 Other</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Electricity (public utility, SBEE)
2	Gas (lamps)
3	Oil
4	Other
8	Unknown
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the lighting source (or fuel).

Universe

Benin 1992: Private households [discrepancies: type II 0.3%]

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