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II Housing Census and VII Population Census of 1964 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1964
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GTM_1964_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Lighting (GT1964A_LIGHT)

Data file: GTM1964_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 198
End: 198
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">VII. Housing services and amenities</span>
<br />[Mark only one box in each division]</p>

<p><span class="em">Amenities</span></p>

<p>29. Lighting</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Candle<br />[] 3 Gas (kerosene), gasoline<br />[] 4 Other (specify) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electric
2 Candle
3 Gas (kerosene), gasoline
4 Other
9 Unknown
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 main type of lighting used by the household.
Universe
Guatemala 1964: All households

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