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XII General Population and Housing Census, 2000 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2000
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MEX_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Fuel for cooking (MX2000A_FUELCK)

Data file: MEX2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 224
End: 224
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX00A026">13. Fuel<br /><br />What fuel is most commonly used for cooking food in this dwelling?<br />Read all of the options until you receive an affirmative response. Circle only one answer.<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 Natural gas<br />2 Wood<br />3 Charcoal<br />4 Petroleum<br />5 Electricity</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Gas
2 Wood
3 Charcoal
4 Gasoline/kerosene
5 Electricity
9 Not specified
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="MX00A026"><span class="em">13. Fuel </span><br /><br />Fuel is that which is used to heat and cook the food. When more than one fuel is used, ask for the one which is used the most frequently.<br /><br />When the dwelling only utilizes a microwave, circle code 5.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of fuel used to cook.
Universe
Mexico 2000: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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