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2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 2000
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ZMB_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Main source of energy for lighting (ZM2000A_LIGHT)

Data file: ZMB2000_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 236
End: 236
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1. What is the main source of energy used for lighting by this household?
<br />[] Electricity
<br />[] Gas
<br />[] Wood
<br />[] Candle
<br />[] Paraffin
<br />[] Solar
<br />[] Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Gas
3 Wood
4 Candle
5 Paraffin
6 Solar
7 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">HH1: What is the main source of energy used for lighting by this household?</span></p>

<p>Ask for the main source of energy used by the household for lighting. Since availability of energy for lighting is what is to be determined, even if a housing unit has the necessary wiring but is not connected to the electric supply system, the household will not be considered to be using electricity. Shade the appropriate code in the box provided.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main source of energy for lighting.
Universe
Zambia 2000: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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