Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008

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Reference ID

MWI_2008_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Main source of energy for lighting (MW2008A_0043)

Data file: MWI2008-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 173

End: 173

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

D11. What is the source of energy the household mainly uses for lighting?

[] 1 Electricity
[] 2 Paraffin
[] 3 Candles
[] 4 Firewood
[] 5 Other

Categories

Value	Category
1	Electricity
2	Paraffin
3	Candles
4	Firewood
5	Other
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

D09. Main source of energy for lighting
Ask about the main source of energy used by the household mainly for lighting and shade the appropriate response.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the main source of energy used for lighting.

Universe

Private households, not homeless

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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