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Census of Population of Ireland, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1981
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IRL_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Principal fuel used for heating in winter (IE1981A_HEATFUEL)

Data file: IRL1981_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 151
End: 151
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="IE81A033 IE81A034">Q.30 Household heating<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="IE81A034"><div class="i1">(a) Indicate the principal fuel used for heating the dwelling in the winter time by inserting a check mark in the appropriate box. Insert the check mark in one box only.</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">Type of fuel:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Solid fuel<br />[] 2 Electricity<br />[] 3 Oil<br />[] 4 Gas<br />[] 5 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Solid fuel
2 Electricity
3 Oil
4 Gas
5 Other
8 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the principal fuel used for heating in winter.
Universe
Ireland 1981: Private households in houses or flats [discrepancies: type I none; type II 1.8%]

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