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General Household Survey, 2010-11 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2010 - 2011
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NGA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Reason for lack of access to electricity (NG2010A_ELECTNO1)

Data file: NGA2010_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 296
End: 296
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
27. Why does your household not have access to electricity?
<br />List up to 2 reasons</p>

<p>[First reason]</p>
<div class="i1">[ ] 1 Connection/wiring fee unaffordable (go to q29)<br />[ ] 2 No need for electricity (go to q29)<br />[ ] 3 Dwelling inappropriate for connection (go to q29)<br />[ ] 4 Application pending<br />[ ] 5 Service too unreliable (go to q29)<br />[ ] 6 Other (specify) (go to q29)</div><p> [Second reason]</p>
<div class="i1">[ ] 1 Connection/wiring fee unaffordable (go to q29)<br />[ ] 2 No need for electricity (go to q29)<br />[ ] 3 Dwelling inappropriate for connection (go to q29)<br />[ ] 4 Application pending<br />[ ] 5 Service too unreliable (go to q29)<br />[ ] 6 Other (specify) (go to q29)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Connection or wiring fee unaffordable
2 No need for electricity
3 Dwelling inappropriate for connection
4 Application pending
5 Service too unreliable
8 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reason for the lack of access to electricity.
Universe
Nigeria 2010: Households without electricity in villages that have electricity [discrepancies: type I 5.7%; type II none]

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