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Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008
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MWI_2008_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center
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Main source of energy for cooking (MW2008A_0044)

Data file: MWI2008-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 174
End: 174
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
D12. What is the source of energy the household mainly uses for cooking?

[] 1 Electricity
[] 2 Paraffin
[] 3 Gas
[] 4 Charcoal
[] 5 Firewood
[] 6 Straw
[] 7 Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Paraffin
3 Gas
4 Charcoal
5 Firewood
6 Straw
7 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
D10. Main source of energy for cooking
Ask about the main source of energy used by the household for cooking and shade the appropriate response. It is possible that a household may use more than one source of energy at any one time but it is the one that is most often used that should be recorded. Only one code should be shaded.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main source of fuel used for cooking.
Universe
Private households, not homeless

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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