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VIII National Population and Housing Census, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2002
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Reference ID
DOM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Type of lighting (DO2002A_LIGHT)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 173
End: 173
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Lighting</span>
<br />14. What type of lighting is used in this household?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Energy from the electricity grid <br />[] 2 Energy from own generator<br />[] 3 Propane gas lamp<br />[] 4 Kerosene gas lamp <br />[] 5 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Public electricity
2 Electricity from own generator
3 Propane lamp
4 Kerosene lamp
5 Other
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="em">Question 14: What type of electricity does your household use?</span></p>

<p>Fill in the bubble according to the answer. Keep in mind that this refers to a permanent source of electricity, </p>

<p>Fill in the bubble according to the option ("other") if the type of electricity is different than the options provided in the question.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of lighting used by the household.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2002: Private occupied designated households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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