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2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 2000
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TTO_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Main fuel used for cooking (TT2000A_FUELCK)

Data file: TTO2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 199
End: 199
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Characteristics of the dwelling unit occupied by household</span></p>

<p>Interviewer: A dwelling unit must have a separate entrance and not be accessed or entered through someone else's living arrangements.</p>

<p>59(b). Type of fuel</p>

<p>What type of fuel does this household use most for cooking?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 0 None<br />[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 L.P.G./Cooking gas<br />[] 3 Kerosene<br />[] 4 Wood/Charcoal<br />[] 7 Other (specify)<br />[] 9 Not stated</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 None
1 Electricity
2 Liquid petrolium gas or cooking gas
3 Kerosene
4 Wood or charcoal
7 Other
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Characteristics of dwelling unit occupied by household</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 59(b) - Type of fuel</span></p>

<p>0. None
<br />1. Electricity
<br />2. L.P.G. / cooking gas
<br />3. Kerosene
<br />4. Wood / charcoal
<br />7. Other
<br />9. Not stated</p>

<p>Where more than one type of fuel is used, the one used the most should be recorded.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main type of fuel for cooking that the dwelling uses.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 2000: Households that completed the interview [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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