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General Population Census VIII Homes IV and Housing VI 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 2011
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URY_2011_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Heating fuel (UY2011A_0051)

Data file: URY2011-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 171
End: 172
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Heating


11. Which is the principal means of energy used by this household for heating the surroundings? (HogCa01)
(Read the question and select the appropriate option according to the response)

[] 1 Electricity
[] 2 Firewood
[] 3 Piped gas
[] 4 Super-gas
[] 5 Kerosene
[] 6 Gas oil
[] 7 Fuel oil
[] 8 Other
[] 9 None
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Electricity
2 Firewood
3 Piped gas
4 Super-gas
5 Kerosene
6 Gas oil
7 Fuel oil
8 Other
9 None
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.
Interviewer instructions
7.3.5 Heating

Which is the principal means of energy used by this household for heating the surroundings?

Select the main option:

electricity
firewood
piped gas


[p. 83]


super-gas
kerosene
gas oil
fuel oil
other
none


If the household interviewed declares more than one source, solicit that they identify which is used the majority of the time.

Keep in mind that in the case that central heating does not exist, the informant should signal which is the source that provides the energy.

In the case that the household does not utilize any means for heating the spaces, select the option "none."

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of fuel used by the household for heating.
Universe
Private occupied households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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