National Population Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2001

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Reference ID

NPL_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Main fuel used for lighting (NP2001A_LIGHTING)

Data file: NPL2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 211

End: 211

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="NP01A043">3. What fuel do you usually use for lighting? <div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity [] 2 Kerosene [] 3 Biogas [] 4 Other ____</div> </svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Electricity
2	Kerosene
3	Biogas
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

<svar a="all" v="NP01A043">Q.3: What fuel do you usually use for lighting in the household? The commonly used source of lighting in the housing unit should be asked, and code 1 should be encircled if the answer category is electricity. If the source comes from kerosene, then encircle code 2. If the source is bio gas, then encircle code 3. If the housing unit is using other than the source mentioned above, then encircle code 4 and specify. </svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the main source of fuel used for lighting.

Universe

Nepal 2001: All households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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