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4th Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2012
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RWA_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Source of lighting (RW2012A_LIGHT)

Data file: RWA2012_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 190
End: 191
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section H: Housing Units Characteristics</span></p>

<p>12. What is the main source of energy the household uses for lighting?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity by EWSA<br />[] 2 Hydro-electric or other private source<br />[] 3 Solar power<br />[] 4 Generator<br />[] 5 Kerosene lamp<br />[] 6 Paraffin<br />[] 7 Biogas<br />[] 8 Candle<br />[] 9 Firewood<br />[] 10 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Electricity by EWSA
02 Hydro-electric or other private source
03 Solar power
04 Generator
05 Kerosene lamp
06 Paraffin
07 Biogas
08 Candle
09 Firewood
10 Other
99 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main lighting source for the household.
Universe
Rwanda 2012: All households

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Concept
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