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Community Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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ZAF_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Switching off appliances when not in use (ZA2016A_APPOFF)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 242
End: 242
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">4 Housing, household goods, services and crime and agricultural activities </span></p>

<p>Now, I am going to ask you some questions related to housing, household goods and services, crime and agricultural activities for this particular household.</p>

<p><span class="em">Saving energy in the household </span></p>

<p>[4.51] Which of the following energy saving methods does this household often use to save energy?</p>
<div class="i1">4 Switching off appliances [TV, radio, hi-fi] at the wall [not remote control] when not in use</div><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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 whether the household switches off appliances at the wall when not in use as an energy saving method.
Universe
South Africa 2016: Households with access to electricity [discrepancies: none]

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