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The 1980 Population and Housing Census of Thailand - IPUMS Subset

Thailand, 1980
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Type of lighting (TH1980A_LIGHT)

Data file: THA1980_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 158
End: 158
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Part 3. Housing Questions (For Private Household)</span></p>

<p>[Questions H1-H18 were asked of private households.]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TH80A054">H14. Lighting<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Pressure lamp<br />[] 3 Oil lamp<br />[] 4 Other (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Pressure lamp
3 Oil lamp
4 Others
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
<span class="em">Section 3 Questions on Housing </span>
<br />(Ask only private household)</p>

<p>Questions on housing are concerned with living places of every private household in municipal area. For those outside municipal area and Bangkok, ask only the sample households.</p>

<p><span class="em">Guideline for questioning and recording</span><div class="i1">1. Ask conditions of living place by household not by person.<br />2. If a household living in many houses in the same area, consider the house where head of the household lives.<br />3. If several households living in the same house, consider conditions of the living place of the main household, other households or conditions of living are regarded as rooms in the house.<br />4. In recording answer, circle one code number only. If answer is "others," specify and record the answer clearly.<br />5. The question that has no answer code, record statement or number in the blank on the dot line.</div><span class="em">H 14. Lighting</span></p>

<p>Ask "What type of lighting is used in this household?"</p>

<p>Circle a code corresponding to the answer:</p>
<div class="i1">1. Electricity <br />2. Air pumping lamp <br />3. Oil lamp <br />Other (specify ____)</div><p>Record the answer on the dot line ____ corresponding to "Other" when the answer is other than the aforementioned answers.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of lighting for the household.
Universe
Thailand 1980: Private households [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.4%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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