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Censos 2011: XV Receseamento Geral da População; V Receseamento Geral da Habitação - IPUMS Subset

Portugal, 2011
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PRT_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), IPUMS
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Main source of energy used for heating (PT2011A_FUELH)

Data file: PRT2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 182
End: 182
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Dwelling questionnaire</span></p>

<p>[Question 8 is asked of households with any source of heating available to them.]</p>

<p><span class="em">8. What is the main source of energy used for heating this dwelling?</span><div class="i1">Indicate only one - the one used most frequently.<br />[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Wood, coal or other solid fuels<br />[] 3 Petrol, diesel or other liquid fuels<br />[] 4 Natural gas, propane, butane or other gaseous fuels<br />[] 5 Other (solar energy, geothermal,...)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Wood, coal or other solid fuels
3 Petrol, diesel or other liquid fuels
4 Natural gas, propane, butane or other gaseous fuels
5 Other
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">7.2.2.1. Filling out the Single Dwelling questionnaire</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 8 - What is the main source of energy used for heating this dwelling?</span>
<br />[There is an image of box for question 8]
<br />In case the dwelling uses more than one type of energy, you must choose the type that is used most frequently.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main source of energy used for heating by the household.
Universe
Portugal 2011: Private dwellings with heating system [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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