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DDI-MWI-MEIRU-SES-2007-v01b

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Whether house has electricity (S) (electric)

Data file: combined_ses_hh

Overview

Valid: 42121

Invalid: 17138

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 102

End: 102

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

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Definition

Whether house has electricity

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: electric (table[s]: css_seh, gp_gphhold)
variable: elec (table[s]: caps_blhse)
variable: felect (table[s]: caps_blhse)
variable: electric_mode (table[s]: NCD_combined_data_all_final [derived table])

<SEH data is converted to be binary before data are appended together:>
rename (electric water) (electric2 water1)
gen electric=1 if electric2==1 /*Escom*/| electric2==2 /*solar*/
<CAPS data asks about electricity in relation to cooking and fuel, this is converted to one binary variable:>
gen electric=0
replace electric=1 if felect==1 | elec==1

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