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IX Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico de 1980. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1980
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BRA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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Electricity (BR1980A_ELECTR)

Data file: BRA1980_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 210
End: 210
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">(The following questions are only for permanent private households)</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BR80A023"><span class="h3">17. Electricity</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 2 have, with meter<br />[] 4 have, without meter<br />[] 8 don't have</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Have, with meter
2 Have, without meter
3 Don't have
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="BR80A023"><span class="h3">Question 17 - Electric power</span><br /><br />Mark:<br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Has - With meter</span> - for households that have electric power, whether connected or not to a general system, with a gauge or meter which records the household's exclusive consumption;<br /><span class="em">Has - Without meter</span> - for households which have electric power, whether connected or not to a general system, and do not have a gauge or meter to measure the consumption in the household; or<br /><span class="em">Does not have</span> - when there is no electric power in the household.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable identifies whether the household has electric power, and, if they do, whether it is with or without a meter.
Universe
Brazil 1980: Permanent private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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