VIII General Population and Housing Census 1960 - IPUMS Subset

Mexico, 1960

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Reference ID

MEX_1960_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Dirección General de Estadística, Secretaría de Industria y Comercio, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Apr 22, 2011

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Fuel used in the dwelling (MX1960A_0016)

Data file: MEX1960-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 121

End: 121

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

56. Material used for cooking. For wood or charcoal, write 1; petroleum, paraffin, etc. write 2; for [propane] gas, electricity write 3.

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Column 47-57. These columns are for the dwelling or house that the family occupies. Therefore, the answers will only be written in the row for the head of household.

Column 47: If the family that lives in the dwelling is the homeowner, make an X. If not, leave the column blank.

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Wood or charcoal
2	Petroleum, etc.
3	Gas, electricity
9	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

Column 56. The enumerator should ask what type of fuel is habitually used in the kitchen to prepare the food. If firewood or carbon is used, write the number (1) in this column; if they use refined petroleum, diesel, gasoline, etc., write the number (2); if they use electricity (stoves), gas, or any other type of modern combustible, write the number (3).

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the type of fuel used to cook in the dwelling.

Universe

Household heads

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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