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Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2003
Round four

Ghana, 2003
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GHA-GSS-DHS-2003-v1.1
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Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
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Health Demography
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Sep 13, 2014
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Type of cooking fuel (hv226)

Data file: HOUSEHOLD DATA

Overview

Valid: 6247
Valid (weighted): 6248690621
Invalid: 4
Invalid (weighted): 2309265
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 96
Mean: 7.326
Mean (weighted): 7.39
Standard deviation: 9.604
Standard deviation (weighted): 10.141
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 123
End: 124
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 96
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V260

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What type of fuel does your household mainly use for cooking?
Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Electricity 23 21026249
0.3%
2 LPG, natural gas 441 465352020
7.4%
3 Biogas 19 21858076
0.3%
4 Kerosene 48 51090799
0.8%
5 Coal, lignite 19 21295862
0.3%
6 Charcoal 1685 1893709829
30.3%
7 Firewood, straw 3937 3691013642
59.1%
8 Dung 4 4008380
0.1%
96 Other 71 79335764
1.3%
99 99 4 2309265
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.

Description

Definition
What type of fuel does your household mainly use for cooking?
Universe
All households

Imputation and derivation

Imputation
Type of cooking fuel used by household
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