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Census of Population of Ireland 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1981
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IRL_1981_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Office, Minnesota Population Center
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Principal fuel used for heating in winter (IE1981A_0034)

Data file: IRL1981-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 131
End: 131
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Q.30 Household heating





(a) Indicate the principal fuel used for heating the dwelling in the winter time by inserting a check mark in the appropriate box. Insert the check mark in one box only.



Type of fuel:


[] 1 Solid fuel
[] 2 Electricity
[] 3 Oil
[] 4 Gas
[] 5 Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Solid fuel
2 Electricity
3 Oil
4 Gas
5 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.
Interviewer instructions
Details of the dwelling
Answers should be furnished to Questions 23 to 30, inclusive, in respect of all private households (except those in mobile dwellings) and in respect of the houses, flats or rooms occupied by such households.


Q.30: Household heating
You should check that a tick has been inserted in one and only one of the spaces provided for "Type of fuel". If the dwelling has Central Heating make sure that "Yes" or "No" as appropriate, has been ticked in reply to the question as to whether it is the principal method used for heating the dwelling.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the principal fuel used for heating in winter.
Universe
Private households in houses or flats

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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