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2012 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2012
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Reference ID
TZA_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Sources of energy for cooking (TZ2012A_FUELCK)

Data file: TZA2012_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 214
End: 215
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">G. Housing conditions and ownership of assets </span></p>

<p>48. What is the main source of energy used by this household for cooking? </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Electricity [Tanesco / Zeco]<br />[] 2 Solar<br />[] 3 Generator / private sources<br />[] 4 Cooking gas<br />[] 5 Gas [biogas]<br />[] 6 Electricity [wind]<br />[] 7 Paraffin<br />[] 8 Coal<br />[] 9 Charcoal<br />[] 10 Firewood<br />[] 11 Wood / residuals<br />[] 12 Animal residuals<br />[] 13 Not applicable<br /><br />[] Improved cooking fuel<br />[] Non improved cooking fuel</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Electricity (Tanesco or Zeco)
02 Solar energy
03 Generator or private sources
04 Gas (industrial)
05 Gas (biogas)
06 Electricity (wind)
07 Paraffin
08 Coal
09 Charcoal
10 Firewood
11 Wood or farm residuals
12 Animal residuals
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
The variable indicates the sources of energy used for cooking in the household.
Universe
Tanzania 2012: All households

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Concept
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