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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas,1992 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1992
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PRY_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys, and Censuses (DGEEC), IPUMS
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Fuel used for cooking (PY1992A_FUELCK)

Data file: PRY1992_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 218
End: 218
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p>[Question 14 through 24 were asked of occupied households with present members]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY92A045"><br />18. What is usually used for cooking?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Wood<br />[] 2 Charcoal<br />[] 3 Gas<br />[] 4 Electricity<br />[] 5 Kerosene, alcohol, etc.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Wood
2 Charcoal
3 Gas
4 Electricity
5 Kerosene, alcohol, etc.
6 No cooking
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
[Question 18 is asked of occupied households with present members]</p>

<p>Question 18: What do they use habitually for cooking?</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY92A045">-This refers to the type of fuel: gas, coal, firewood, etc., that is used with the greatest frequency. Mark only the one with the greatest use.<br /></svar></p>

<p>18. What do you habitually use for cooking?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Firewood<br />[] 2 Coal<br />[] 3 Gas<br />[] 4 Electricity<br />[] 5 Kerosene, alcohol, etc.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable identifies the main type of fuel used for cooking.
Universe
Paraguay 1992: Private occupied households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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