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

Variable fuelligh: Fuel used for lighting

Literal Question

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

Values Categories N NW
0 Other 75 815.0
 0.0%
1 Electricity direct from authority 483029 5,188,155.7
 57.3%
2 Electricity from other source 2907 31,655.2
 0.3%
3 Gas 3408 36,373.6
 0.4%
4 Paraffin 107696 1,143,285.0
 12.6%
7 Candles 242348 2,582,796.6
 28.5%
9 Unspecified/dummy 7015 76,067.6
 0.8%

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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