Home / Central Data Catalog / NIC_2005_PHC_V01_M_V7.5_A_IPUMS / variable [H]
central

2005 National Census. Eighth Census of Population, Fourth Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 2005
Get Microdata
Reference ID
NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Dec 20, 2012
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
20006
Downloads
648

Primary fuel used for cooking (NI2005A_FUELCOOK)

Data file: NIC2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 252
End: 252
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="NI05A058">5. In this household, the primary fuel used for cooking is:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Butane or propane gas (cylinder)<br />[] 2 Wood<br />[] 3 Charcoal/coal<br />[] 4 Kerosene gas<br />[] 5 Electricity<br />[] 6 Other<br />[] 7 Don't cook</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Butane or propane gas (cylinder)
2 Wood
3 Coal/charcoal
4 Kerosene gas
5 Electricity
6 Other
7 Don't cook
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
<svar a="all" v="NI05A058"><span class="em">Question 5. In this household, the primary fuel used for cooking is:</span><br /><br />Read the options one by one and mark an "X" next to the one stated by the informant.<br /><br />Keep in mind that if more than one fuel is used by the household, you should indicate the one used most often.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the primary fuel used for cooking in the dwelling.
Universe
Nicaragua 2005: Private households with inhabitants present or hotel, boarding house and guest house [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
Back to Catalog