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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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Fuel used for heating (BW2001A_FUELHEAT)

Data file: BWA2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 199
End: 200
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
E18. What is the principal fuel used by this household for heating?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 01 Electricity<br />[] 02 Solar power<br />[] 03 Gas (LPG)<br />[] 04 Wood<br />[] 05 Paraffin<br />[] 06 Cow-dung<br />[] 07 Coal<br />[] 08 Charcoal<br />[] Other (specify) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Electricity
02 Solar Power
03 Gas (LPG)
04 Wood
05 Paraffin
06 Cow dung
07 Coal
08 Charcoal
09 None
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
150a. <span class="em">Column E19: Principal Fuel for Heating</span></p>

<p>Q: What is the principal energy source used by this household for space heating?</p>

<p>Ask for the principal fuel used by the household for space heating 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 Wood<br />[] 5 Paraffin<br />[] 6 Cow-dung<br />[] 7 Coal<br />[] 8 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 heating.
Universe
Botswana 2001: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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