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National Population Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2001
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NPL_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Main fuel used for lighting (NP2001A_LIGHTING)

Data file: NPL2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 211
End: 211
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="NP01A043">3. What fuel do you usually use for lighting?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Kerosene<br />[] 3 Biogas<br />[] 4 Other ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Kerosene
3 Biogas
4 Others
9 Unknown
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="NP01A043"><span class="em">Q.3: What fuel do you usually use for lighting in the household?</span><br /><br />The commonly used source of lighting in the housing unit should be asked, and code 1 should be encircled if the answer category is electricity. If the source comes from kerosene, then encircle code 2. If the source is bio gas, then encircle code 3. If the housing unit is using other than the source mentioned above, then encircle code 4 and specify.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main source of fuel used for lighting.
Universe
Nepal 2001: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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