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2001 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 2001
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BWA_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Fuel used for cooking (BW2001A_FUELCOOK)

Data file: BWA2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 197
End: 198
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
E17. What is the principal fuel used by this household for cooking?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 01 Electricity<br />[] 02 Solar power<br />[] 03 Gas (LPG)<br />[] 04 Bio gas<br />[] 05 Wood<br />[] 06 Paraffin<br />[] 07 Cow-dung<br />[] 08 Coal<br />[] 09 Crop waste<br />[] 10 Charcoal<br />[] Other (specify) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Electricity
02 Solar Power
03 Gas(LPG)
04 Bio Gas
05 Wood
06 Paraffin
07 Cow dung
08 Coal
09 Crop waste
10 Other
98 Unknown
99 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
150. <span class="em">Column E18: Principal Fuel For Cooking</span></p>

<p><span class="em"> Q: What is the principal energy source used by this household for cooking?</span></p>

<p>Ask for the principal energy source 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 Solar Power<br />[] 3 Gas (LPG)<br />[] 4 Bio Gas<br />[] 5 Wood<br />[] 6 Paraffin<br />[] 7 Cow-dung<br />[] 8 Coal<br />[] 9 Crop waste<br />[] 10 Charcoal<br />[] Other (specify) ____</div><p>If the particular fuel used 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 this household for cooking.
Universe
Botswana 2001: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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