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General Census of Population and Housing 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 1998
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MLI_1998_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of the Census, Minnesota Population Center
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Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Type of lighting (ML1998A_0063)

Data file: MLI1998-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 160
End: 160
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Section "D": Housing




10. Type of lighting

[] Electricity
[] Gas
[] Petrol lamp
[] Other type
Categories
Value Category
1 Electricity
2 Gas lamp
3 Petrol lamp
4 Others
9 Unknown
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
1.4. Housing

This second part is devoted to housing, and aims at listing all housing units for the households at time of the census, at gathering information on building characteristics, and to obtain indicators on the conditions in which the population is housed.




6. Column H20: Main mode of lighting

This question indicates what type of energy utilized for lighting the household (electricity, gas, petrol lamp, others).

Electricity: The household has a permanent installation for lighting, of which the wires are connected to a source of electricity distribution (Energie du Mali, power plant, mines, etc.) or on a private source, such as a battery.

Gas: This type of lighting is an installation fuelled by natural gas.

Petrol lamp: The household uses petrol lamps.

Others: oil lamps, wood fire, other, none.


The question to be asked to gather the type of lighting used by the household will be: "What type of lighting?"

Depending on the answer, refer to the above definition, then circle the number of the relevant case corresponding to the type used. Codes to be circled are:

[] 1 Electricity
[] 2 Gas
[] 3 Petrol lamp
[] 4 Others

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of lighting used in the dwelling.
Universe
All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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