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National Population and Housing Census 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 2014
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UGA_2014_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Uganda Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Main energy source for lighting (UG2014A_LIGHT)

Data file: UGA2014_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 229
End: 230
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 4: Household characteristics</span></p>

<p>H14 What source of energy does this household mainly use for lighting?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 10 Electricity - national grid (Umeme)<br />[] 11 Electricity - solar<br />[] 12 Electricity - personal generator<br />[] 13 Electricity - community/thermal plant<br />[] 14 Gas<br />[] 15 Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG)<br />[] 16 Biogas<br />[] 17 Paraffin - lantern<br />[] 18 Paraffin - Ttadooba<br />[] 19 Candles<br />[] 20 Firewood<br />[] 21 Cow dung<br />[] 22 Grass (reeds)<br />[] 96 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
10 Electricity-national grid (umeme)
11 Electricity-solar
12 Electricity-personal generator
13 Electricity-community/thermal plant
14 Gas
15 Liquefied petroleun gas (lpg)
16 Biogas
17 Paraffin-lantern
18 Paraffin-tadooba
19 Candles
20 Firewood
21 Cow dung
22 Grass (reeds)
23 Other
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 main source of lighting for the household.
Universe
Uganda 2014: All households

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