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X Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 1991. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1990
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BRA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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Lighting (BR1991A_LIGHT)

Data file: BRA1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 250
End: 250
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BR91A041"><span class="h3">21. Lighting</span><br /><div class="i1">Electric:<br />[] 1 with meter<br />[] 2 without meter<br />[] 3 oil or kerosene<br />[] 4 other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electric with gauge
2 Electric without gauge
3 Oil or kerosene
4 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
<svar a="all" v="BR91A041"><span class="h3">Question 21 - Lighting</span><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">1 - Electric with gauge</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;</div><br /><span class="pg">[p. 52]</span><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">2 - Electric without gauge</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 exclusive consumption of the household; or<br /><span class="em">3 - Oil or kerosene</span> - for households that do not have electric lighting and the illumination is obtained by oil, kerosene or liquefied gas lamps; or<br /><span class="em">4 - Other</span> - when there is no lighting in the household or the lighting is obtained by candles, fires, lanterns, flashlights, etc.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the dwelling has lighting.
Universe
Brazil 1991: Dwellings that are not improvised or collective [Discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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