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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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Main source of energy for space heating (ZA2016A_FUELHT)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 257
End: 258
Width: 2
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">Energy source</span></p>

<p>[4.56] What is this household's main source of energy for space heating?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity from mains<br />[] 2 Other source of electricity [e.g. generator, etc.]<br />[] 3 Gas<br />[] 4 Paraffin<br />[] 5 Wood<br />[] 6 Coal<br />[] 8 Animal dung<br />[] 9 Solar<br />[] 10 Other<br />[] 11 None</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Electricity from mains
02 Other source of electricity (e.g. generator; etc.)
03 Gas
04 Paraffin
05 Wood
06 Coal
08 Animal dung
09 Solar
10 Other
11 None
99 Unknown
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 energy for space heating.
Universe
South Africa 2016: All households

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