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Community Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2007
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ZAF_2007_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Energy or fuel for heating (ZA2007A_HEATFUEL)

Data file: ZAF2007_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 214
End: 214
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="ZA07A035">H-08 Energy / fuel for heating<br />What type of energy/fuel does this household <span class="em">mainly</span> use for heating?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity<br />[] 2 Gas<br />[] 3 Paraffin<br />[] 4 Wood<br />[] 5 Coal<br />[] 7 Animal dung<br />[] 8 Solar<br />[] 9 Other (specify) ______<br />Write only one code in the box.<br />_</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Electricity
2 Gas
3 Paraffin
4 Wood
5 Coal
7 Animal dung
8 Solar
9 Other
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 type of energy or fuel for heating used by the household.
Universe
South Africa 2007: Non-institutional households [discrepancies: none]

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