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Population and Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1981
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BWA_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Principal fuel for lighting (BW1981A_LIGHT)

Data file: BWA1981_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 149
End: 149
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section D</span>
<br />[Questions 1 through 15 were asked of private dwelling]</p>

<p><span class="em">14. Principal fuel for lighting</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Gas<br />[] 3 Paraffin<br />[] 4 Wood<br />[] 5 Candle<br />[] 6 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Gas
3 Paraffin
4 Wood
5 Candle
6 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the principal fuel for lighting in the housing unit.
Universe
Botswana 1981: Private households [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

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