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1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1970
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PRI_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Cooking fuel (PR1970A_FUELCOOK)

Data file: PRI1970_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 176
End: 177
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="PR70A058"><span class="em">H22. Which fuel is used most for cooking? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Wood<br />[] Charcoal<br />[] Utility gas<br />[] Bottled or tank gas<br />[] Electricity<br />[] Kerosene, fuel oil, etc<br />[] Other fuel<br />[] No fuel used</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 No fuel used
02 Utility gas from underground pipes serving neighborhood
03 Bottled, tank, or liquefied petroleum gas
05 Electricity
06 Fuel oil, kerosene, and other liquid fuels
08 Charcoal
09 Wood
99 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 identifies the cooking fuel for the household.
Universe
Puerto Rico 1970: All households except group quarters and vacant units [discrepancies: type I 1%; type II none]

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