Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2011

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Reference ID

ZAF_2011_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Fuel for lighting (ZA2011A_0045)

Data file: ZAF2011-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 199

End: 199

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

H-11 Energy/fuel
What type of energy/fuel does this household mainly use for cooking, heating and lighting?
Write the appropriate code in the box.

Cooking _
Heating _
Lighting _

1. Electricity
2. Gas
3. Paraffin
4. Wood
5. Coal
6. Candles
7. Animal dung
8. Solar
9. Other
0. None

Note:

Wood (4), coal (5) and animal dung (7) cannot be used for lighting
Candles (6) cannot be used for heating or cooking

Categories

Value	Category
0	None
1	Electricity
2	Gas
3	Paraffin
6	Candles
8	Solar
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.

Interviewer instructions

10. Section H: Housing (remember to follow instructions)
Purpose: Information collected here is important to all users such as Eskom, Telkom, etc. as it can be used to monitor progress regarding service delivery issues (or lack thereof).

This section must be completed for every household.
H-02: Other dwelling refers to another structure that the household occupies other than the main house/dwelling.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the fuel used for lighting in the household.

Universe

Households in housing units or converted hostels

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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