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MICS

Social Indicator Survey 2011-2012

Lao PDR, 2011 - 2012
UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)
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Ministry of Health, Lao Statistics Bureau, United Nations Children’s Fund
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Cooking location (HC7)

Data file: hh

Overview

Valid: 18284
Invalid: 1676
Maximum: 9
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Is the cooking usually done in the house, in a separate building or outdoors?
If “In the house“, probe: Is it done in a separate room used as a kitchen?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 In a separate room used as kitchen 8845
48.4%
2 Elsewhere in the house 5876
32.1%
3 In a separate building 2820
15.4%
4 Outdoors 640
3.5%
6 Other 63
0.3%
9 Missing 40
0.2%
Sysmiss 1676
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.
var_qstn_ivuinstr
Circle the code corresponding to the response given. Circle '1' if the cooking is done in a separate room designated as a kitchen. Circle '2' if the cooking is done in an area used for living, sitting, sleeping, and not in a separate kitchen or building. Circle '3' if the cooking is done in another building and '4' only if the cooking is usually done outdoors.

If a response is given other than the pre-coded ones, circle '6' and specify the cooking place on the line provided.

The answers to the following two questions on ownership of certain items will be used as an approximate measure of the socio-economic status of the household.

Description

Source of information
Head of household or other responsible household member
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