National Census of Dwellings and Population 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1971

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Reference ID

NIC_1971_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center

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Cooking fuel (NI1971A_0043)

Data file: NIC1971-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 148

End: 148

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

13. Fuel used for cooking

[] 1 Electricity
[] 2 Propane or butane gas
[] 3 Gas (kerosene)
[] 4 Charcoal
[] 5 Wood
[] 6 No cooking

Categories

Value	Category
1	Electricity
2	Propane or butane gas
3	Gas (kerosene)
4	Charcoal/coal
5	Wood
6	No cooking
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.

Interviewer instructions

Question #13

Fuel used for cooking

a. How to carry out the investigation
The type of fuel used in the preparation of principal meals is investigated.

b. How to record the data
Once the type of fuel that is used most is determined, the corresponding box is marked with an "X".

c. Example:

[These instructions refer to a graph of question 13 on the census form]

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the type of cooking fuel used by the household.

Universe

Private occupied households

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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