National Population and Housing Census 1978 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 1978

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Reference ID

POL_1978_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Office, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Method of heating the dwelling (PL1978A_HEAT)

Data file: POL1978_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 141

End: 141

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

10. Heating</p>
<div class="i1">[] Central heating</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Collective, i.e. thermal energy is supplied from power stations, or from boiler for flat block<br />[] 2 Individual, i.e. thermal energy is supplied from boiler in on-family house, or boiler for storey</div><div class="i1">[] 3 Heating by electric accumulators<br />[] 4 Other types of heating (coal, or gas stoves, etc.)</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Collective central heating
2	Individual central heating
3	Heating by electric accumulators
4	Other types of heating (coal, gas stoves)
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the method of heating the dwelling. All private dwellings must have some type of heating.

Universe

Poland 1978: Private dwellings excluding provisional or mobile housing [discrepancies: type I 0.1%, type II trace]

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Concept

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