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Puerto Rico Community Survey 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2010
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PRI_2010_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Mar 29, 2019
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Annual electricity cost (PR2010A_0048)

Data file: PRI2010-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 174
End: 177
Width: 4
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 7 - 14 were asked of all households.]


11. a) Last month, what was the cost of electricity for this house, apartment, or mobile home?

Last month's cost in dollars $____.00

Or
[] Included in rent or condominium fee
[] No charge or electricity not used
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
48 48
120 120
240 240
360 360
480 480
600 600
720 720
840 840
960 960
1080 1080
1200 1200
1320 1320
1440 1440
1560 1560
1680 1680
1800 1800
1920 1920
2040 2040
2160 2160
2280 2280
2400 2400
2520 2520
2640 2640
2760 2760
2880 2880
3000 3000
3120 3120
3240 3240
3360 3360
3480 3480
3600 3600
3720 3720
3840 3840
3960 3960
4080 4080
4200 4200
4320 4320
4440 4440
4560 4560
4680 4680
4800 4800
4920 4920
5040 5040
5160 5160
5280 5280
5400 5400
5520 5520
5640 5640
5760 5760
5880 5880
6000 6000
6480 6480+
9993 No charge or no electricity used
9997 Electricity included in rent or in condo fee
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
Answer questions 1 through 21 for the house, apartment, or mobile home at the address on the mailing label.


11a-11d.

If your house, apartment, or mobile home is rented, enter the costs for utilities and fuels only if you pay for them in addition to the monthly rent.

If you live in a condominium, enter the costs for utilities and fuels only if you pay for them in addition to your condominium fee.

If your fuel and utility costs are included in your rent or condominium fee, mark the "Included in rent or in condominium fee" box. do not enter any dollar amounts.

For items 11a and 11b, report last month's costs. For items 11c and 11d, report total costs for the past 12 months.

Estimate as closely as possible if you do not know exact costs. If you have lived in this house, apartment, or mobile home less than one year, estimate the costs for the past 12 months in 11c and 11d.

Report amounts even if your bills are unpaid or paid by someone else. If the bills include utilities or fuel used also by another apartment or a business establishment, estimate the amounts for your house or apartment only. If gas and electricity are billed together, enter the combined amount in 11a and mark the "Included in electricity payment entered above" box in item 11b.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the household's annual electricity cost. Amounts under $1000 are rounded to the nearest ten; amounts over $1000 are rounded to the nearest hundred.
Universe
Private households

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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