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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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Lighting (GT1981A_LIGHT)

Data file: GTM1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 204
End: 204
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p>3. Lighting service</p>
<div class="i1">What type of lighting does the household have?<br /><br />[] 1 Electricity from the public utility<br />[] 2 Electricity from a private utility<br />[] 3 Gas (kerosene), gasoline<br />[] 4 Candle<br />[] 5 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electric public system
2 Electric private system
3 Gas (kerosene) or gasoline
4 Candle
5 Other
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="GT81A051"><span class="em">Question 3: lighting</span><br /><br />1. How to formulate the question<br /><br />What type of lighting is available to the household?<br /><br />The following definitions should be taken into account:<br /><br />"Electricity from a public service" is the lighting provided by a State company (such as the Electric Enterprise, "INDE", and municipalities).<br /><br />"Electricity from a private service" is the lighting provided by a private company.<br /><br />2. How to record the data<br /><br />The number corresponding to the answer given is circled.<br /><br />3. Example:<br /><br />[These instructions refer to a graphic of question 3 of the census form]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main type of lighting used by the household.
Universe
Guatemala 1981: Private occupied households [discrepacies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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