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IV Housing Census and IX Population Census of 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1981
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GTM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Fuel used for cooking (GT1981A_FUELCK)

Data file: GTM1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 210
End: 210
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">III. Living situation of household number </span></p>

<p>6. Fuel used for cooking</p>

<p>What type of fuel is habitually used for cooking?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Propane gas<br />[] 3 Common gas<br />[] 4 Charcoal<br />[] 5 Wood<br />[] 6 No cooking</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Propane gas
3 Gas (kerosene)
4 Charcoal
5 Wood
6 No cooking
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="h2">III. Living situation of household number</span></p>

<p>The questions included in this part of the form should be investigated for each of the households that are residing in the dwelling at the time of the Census.</p>

<p>The following specific instructions will allow the enumerator to carry out the work more efficiently.</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GT81A055"><span class="em">Question 6: fuel used for cooking</span><br /><br />1. How to formulate the question<br /><br />What type of fuel is usually used for cooking?<br /><br />2. How to record the data<br /><br />The answer according to the answer given is circled.<br /><br />The fuel type should be the one used most frequently.<br /><br />3. Example:<br /><br />[These instructions refer to a graphic of question 6 of the census form]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable identifies the type of fuel the household uses for cooking.
Universe
Guatemala 1981: Private occupied households [discrepacies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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