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Censos Nacionales IX de Población y V de Vivienda 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Costa Rica, 2000
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CRI_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
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Cooking fuel (CR2000A_FUELCOOK)

Data file: CRI2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 223
End: 223
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CR00A042"><span class="em">15. What is the principal fuel used for cooking?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Wood or charcoal<br />[] 3 Gas<br />[] 4 Other<br />[] 5 None (no cooking)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Electricity
2 Wood or charcoal
3 Gas
4 Other
5 None (no cooking)
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="CR00A042"><span class="h3">Question 15: Principal fuel used for cooking</span><br /><br />What is desired to be known with this question is what type of fuel or energy is used principally in the dwelling for cooking the food.<br /><br />Mark with an "X" only one of the options.<br /><br /><span class="em">C.N.F.L. or I.C.E.</span>: Electrical lighting from public service supplied by the National Company of Power and Light (C.N.F.L.) or by means of the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (I.C.E.)<br /><br />[To the right of the text is a form.]<br /><br />If meals are not prepared, even though they have the facilities for making them, pick the option "None (does not cook)".<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of fuel used for cooking in the dwelling.
Universe
Costa Rica 2000: Private, occupied dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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