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1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1991
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BWA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Principal fuel used for cooking (BW1991A_FUELCK)

Data file: BWA1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 203
End: 203
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section E</span>
<br /><span class="em">[Housing]</span></p>

<p><span class="em">(Circle response)</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Ask for the material used for the construction of this housing unit (if <span class="lang">Lolwapa</span>, take main house)</span></p>

<p>15. What is the principal fuel used by this household for cooking?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity <br />[] 2 Gas <br />[] 3 Paraffin <br />[] 4 Wood <br />[] 5 Coal <br />[] Other (specify) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Gas
3 Paraffin
4 Wood
7 Coal or other
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">Column E15: Principal Fuel for Cooking</span></p>

<p>What is the principal fuel used by this household for cooking?</p>

<p>Ask for the principal fuel used by the household for cooking and circle the appropriate answer code. It is possible that a household may use more than one fuel at any one time but it is the one that is used most often that should be recorded. Only one code should be circled. Possible codes are as follows:</p>
<div class="i1">1 Electricity<br />2 Gas<br />3 Paraffin<br />4 Wood<br />5 Coal<br />Other (specify)</div><p>If the particular fuel is not listed, write down the type of fuel used in the space below the codes.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the principal fuel used by the household for cooking.
Universe
Botswana 1991: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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