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2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2015
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SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
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Fuel for cooking (SL2015A_FUELCK)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 222
End: 223
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions H01, H06, and H07 were asked of all people. The rest of the questions in section III were recorded only for respondent's whose indicated type of residence was occupied housing units in question I15]</p>

<p>H10. What is your principal source of fuel supply for cooking?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 01. Electricity<br />[] 02. Gas<br />[] 03. Kerosene<br />[] 04. Charcoal<br />[] 05. Wood<br />[] 06. Crop residue<br />[] 07. Saw dust<br />[] 08. Solar<br />[] 09. Animal waste<br />[] 10. Other ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Electricity
02 Gas
03 Kerosene
04 Charcoal
05 Wood
06 Crop residue
07 Saw dust
08 Solar
09 Animal waste
10 Other
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
<span class="h3"> Section 3: Housing facilities </span></p>

<p>186. Columns H01 to H19 relate to specific questions concerning the household. They are questions that relate to the household as a whole and not to individual members.</p>

<p><span class="em">H10 -- Principal source of fuel supply for cooking</span>
<br />196. Some households have more than one source of fuel supply for cooking. A household may use kerosene, charcoal and wood interchangeably depending on the circumstance and the occasion while another household may use electricity, gas or kerosene, also depending on the circumstance. In each of these cases, you must find out which of the fuel is most frequently used by the household and when that is established, record the appropriate code.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the fuel source for cooking in the household.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Occupied private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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