Demographic and Maternal and Child Health Survey 1991/1992 - IPUMS Subset

Yemen, Republic of, 1991 - 1992

Reference ID

YEM_1991_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Organization (CSO) [Yemen] and Pan Arab Project for Child Development (PAPCHILD) [Egypt] and Macro International Inc. (MI)., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Quality of light in dwelling (W_LIGHTQUALITY)

Data file: YEM1991-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 381

End: 381

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

17) INTERVIEWER: CHECK LIGHT CONDITION IN THE HOUSE AND MARK THE APPROPRIATE ANSWER.

GOOD 1
FAIR 2
POOR 3

Value	Category
1	Good
2	Fair
3	Poor
6	Non-resident
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

LIGHTQUALITY reports the quality or amount of light inside the dwelling, as good, moderate, or bad, based on the observation and judgment of the interviewer. LIGHTQUALITY presumably relates to both natural light and artificial light (from lamps or firelight), because the complementary variable SUNQUALITY reports just the amount of sunlight in the dwelling.

The information in LIGHTQUALITY is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable (with visitors coded "2") when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Housing Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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