Dataset: South Africa Census, 1996: Household (10% Sample)

Variable fuelheat: Fuel used for heating

Literal Question

What type of energy/fuel does this household MAINLY use for heating?

Values Categories N NW
0 Other 523 5,619.1
 0.1%
1 Electricity direct from authority 371650 4,009,533.8
 44.3%
2 Electricity from other source 1860 20,211.4
 0.2%
3 Gas 9992 107,730.6
 1.2%
4 Paraffin 120410 1,294,381.5
 14.3%
5 Wood 228466 2,417,690.3
 26.7%
6 Coal 70249 737,640.6
 8.1%
8 Animal dung 8056 84,467.1
 0.9%
9 Unspecified/dummy 35272 381,874.4
 4.2%

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 846478 9059148.74
Missing cases 0 0.0
Minimum 0.0
Maximum 9.0
This variable is numeric

Universe

All households

Notes

See Fuel used for cooking

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