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Recensement General de la Population du Logement et de l'Agriculture de 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Haiti, 1971
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HTI_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Département des Finances et des Affaires Economiques, Institute Haïtien de Statistique, IPUMS
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Lighting source (HT1971A_LIGHT)

Data file: HTI1971_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 177
End: 178
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="HT71A040"><span class="em">7. Lighting </span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Kerosene<br />[] 3 Other (specify) ________</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Electricity
02 Kerosene
03 Other
99 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="HT71A040"><span class="em">7. Lighting</span><br /><br />Mark an 'x' in the appropriate box depending on the answer you receive.<br /><br />a) Electricity: The house is considered to be lit by electricity if it receives its light from an electrical network, from a generator or any other source of electric energy.<br /><br />b) Kerosene. The house is considered to be lit by lamp oil if the oil is from distilled petroleum or other natural gas products. (Kerosene is known is Haiti as lamp gas)<br /><br />c) If the house is not lit by any of the means listed in the above categories, specify the type of lighting used in the house.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main lighting source in the dwelling.
Universe
Haiti 1971: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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