Population Census 1996 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1996

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Reference ID

ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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Statistics South Africa, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Fuel used for heating (ZA1996A_0031)

Data file: ZAF1996-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 134

End: 134

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Services used by this household

2.1. What type of energy/fuel does this household mainly use for cooking, heating and lighting? (Circle only one code in each column)

Cooking

[] 1 = Electricity direct from municipality/local authority or Eskom
[] 2 = Electricity from other source, e.g. generator, solar cell
[] 3 = Gas
[] 4 = Paraffin
[] 5 = Wood
[] 6 = Coal
[] 7 = Candles
[] 8 = Animal dung
____ Other, specify:

Heating

[] 1 = Electricity direct from municipality/local authority or Eskom
[] 2 = Electricity from other source, e.g. generator, solar cell
[] 3 = Gas
[] 4 = Paraffin
[] 5 = Wood
[] 6 = Coal
[] 7 = Candles
[] 8 = Animal dung
____ Other, specify:

Lighting

[] 1 = Electricity direct from municipality/local authority or Eskom
[] 2 = Electricity from other source, e.g. generator, solar cell
[] 3 = Gas
[] 4 = Paraffin
[] 5 = Wood
[] 6 = Coal
[] 7 = Candles
[] 8 = Animal dung
____ Other, specify:

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Electricity direct from authority
2	Electricity from other source
3	Gas
4	Paraffin
5	Wood
6	Coal
7	Animal dung
8	Other
9	Unknown

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the type of energy/fuel mainly used for heating.

Universe

Private households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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