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Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2012

Barbados, 2012
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BRB_2012_MICS_v01_M
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United Nations Children’s Fund, Barbados Statistical Service
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UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)
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Type of fuel using for cooking (HC6)

Data file: hh

Overview

Valid: 2872
Invalid: 727
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 76
End: 77
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What type of fuel does your household mainly use for cooking?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Electricity 157
5.5%
2 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) 2278
79.3%
3 Natural gas 401
14%
4 Biogas 8
0.3%
5 Kerosene 8
0.3%
6 Coal / Lignite 0
0%
7 Charcoal 0
0%
8 Wood 1
0%
9 Straw / Shrubs / Grass 0
0%
11 Agricultural crop residue 0
0%
95 No food cooked in household 19
0.7%
96 Other 0
0%
99 Missing 0
0%
Sysmiss 727
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
Information on the type of fuel used for cooking is collected as another measure of the socio-economic status of the household. The use of some cooking fuels can also have adverse health consequences.

Circle the code corresponding to the answer given. Remember that this question asks about fuel for cooking, not fuel for heating or lighting. If the household uses more than one fuel for cooking, find out which type of fuel is used most often. If electricity, liquid propane gas (LPG), natural gas, biogas or kerosene is mainly used, circle '01', '02', '03', '04', or '05', respectively, and skip to HC8. There might be cases when no cooking is done in the household. In this case, circle '95' and skip to HC8. If any fuel other than the pre-coded ones is reported as being the main fuel used for cooking, circle '96' and specify the type of fuel on the line provided.

Definitions of some of the types of fuel are as follows: 'Biogas' includes gases produced by fermenting manure in an enclosed pit. 'Lignite' is a derivative of coal that produces more smoke when burned but produces less heat than coal.
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