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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 1972 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1972
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PRY_1972_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), IPUMS
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Electric lighting (PY1972A_LIGHT)

Data file: PRY1972_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 197
End: 197
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 3 to 10 were asked of private households]</p>

<p><span class="h2">III. Household information</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A032">8. Lighting<br /><div class="i1">Does this dwelling have electric lighting?<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">III. Information about the household</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A032">8. Lighting:<br />Mark the corresponding box, if the "household" enjoys the services of electrical energy, or not, from whatever source: public or private.<br /></svar></p>

<p>8. Lighting</p>
<div class="i1">Is electrical lighting available in the dwelling?<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the dwelling has electric lighting.
Universe
Paraguay 1972: Private households [discrepancies: type I 1.1%; type II 0.1%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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