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Ecuador, 1990
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ECU_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
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Fuel used for cooking (EC1990A_COOKFUEL)

Data file: ECU1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

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

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="EC90A045">3. What is the principal fuel or energy source used in this household for cooking?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Gas<br />[] 2 Wood or charcoal<br />[] 3 Kérex<br />[] 4 Gasoline<br />[] 5 Electricity<br />[] 6 Other<br />[] 7 None (no cooking)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Natural gas
2 Wood or charcoal
3 Kerex
4 Gasoline
5 Electricity
6 Other fuel
7 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="EC90A045"><span class="em">Question 3. What is the principal fuel or energy that is used in this household for cooking?</span><br /><br />Ask the question and immediately read all of the categories of the answer. If the informant indicates that the household uses two fuels or more, ask which fuel they use most frequently and write this as the answer.<br /><br /><div class="i1">3. What is the principal fuel or energy that is used in this household for cooking?<br />[ ] 1 Natural gas<br />[ ] 2 Firewood or charcoal<br />[ ] 3 Kérex (kerosene)<br />[ ] 4 Gasoline<br />[ ] 5 Electricity<br />[ ] 6 Other<br />[ ] 7 None (they do not cook)</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of fuel used for cooking in the household.
Universe
Ecuador 1990: Private occupied dwellings with persons present during enumeration [discrepancies: type I: none, type II: trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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