Source Variables

Some unharmonized variables may not be available.

Variable
Variable Label
 Type Sample
AR1980A_ELECT Electricity service H Argentina 1980
AR1991A_ELECT Electricity H Argentina 1991
AM2001A_LIGHT Light source H Armenia 2001
BD1991A_ELECTRC Electricity H Bangladesh 1991
BD2001A_ELECTRC Electricity connection H Bangladesh 2001
BD2011A_ELECTRC Electricity connection H Bangladesh 2011
BY1999A_ELECT Facilities: electricity H Belarus 1999
BJ1979A_LIGHT Lighting source H Benin 1979
BJ1992A_LIGHT Lighting source (or fuel) H Benin 1992
BJ2002A_LIGHT Source of lighting H Benin 2002
BJ2013A_LIGHT Lighting mode H Benin 2013
BO1976A_ELECTRIC Electricity H Bolivia 1976
BO1992A_ELECT Electricity H Bolivia 1992
BO2001A_ELECTRIC Electricity H Bolivia 2001
BO2012A_ELECTRIC Source of electric power H Bolivia 2012
BW1981A_LIGHT Principal fuel for lighting H Botswana 1981
BW1991A_LIGHT Principal fuel used for lighting H Botswana 1991
BW2001A_LIGHTING Fuel used for lighting H Botswana 2001
BW2011A_LIGHT Main lighting fuel H Botswana 2011
BR1960A_ELECTR Electric lighting H Brazil 1960
BR1970A_ELECTRIC Electricity H Brazil 1970
BR1980A_ELECTR Electricity H Brazil 1980
BR1991A_LIGHT Lighting H Brazil 1991
BR2000A_ELECTRIC Electricity H Brazil 2000
BR2010A_ELECTRIC Power availability H Brazil 2010
BF1996A_LIGHT Main light source H Burkina Faso 1996
BF2006A_LIGHT Main light source H Burkina Faso 2006
KH1998A_LIGHT Light H Cambodia 1998
KH2004A_LIGHT Main source of light H Cambodia 2004
KH2008A_LIGHTING Main source of light H Cambodia 2008
KH2013A_LIGHT Main source of light H Cambodia 2013
KH2019A_LIGHT Main source of light H Cambodia 2019
CM1976A_LIGHT Type of lighting H Cameroon 1976
CM1987A_LIGHT Main source of lighting H Cameroon 1987
CM2005A_LIGHT Light source H Cameroon 2005
CL1960A_ELECTRIC Lighting H Chile 1960
CL1970A_LIGHT Electric light in dwelling H Chile 1970
CL1982A_ELECT Electricity H Chile 1982
CL1992A_ELECTRIC Source of electricity H Chile 1992
CL2002A_ELECT Source of electric lighting H Chile 2002
CO1973A_ELECTRIC Residence has electricity H Colombia 1973
CO1985A_ELECT Housing has electricity H Colombia 1985
CO1993A_ELECTRIC Electricity H Colombia 1993
CO2005A_ELECT Eletrical energy H Colombia 2005
CR1963A_ELECTRIC Electricity H Costa Rica 1963
CR1973A_ELECTRIC Type of lighting H Costa Rica 1973
CR1984A_LIGHTING Type of lighting H Costa Rica 1984
CR2000A_ELECT Source of electric lighting H Costa Rica 2000
CR2011A_ELECTRC Source of electricity H Costa Rica 2011
CU2002A_POWER Power supply for lighting H Cuba 2002
CU2012A_ELECT Power supply for lighting H Cuba 2012
CI1988A_LIGHT Lighting source H Côte d'Ivoire 1988
CI1998A_LIGHT Lighting H Côte d'Ivoire 1998
DO1981A_LIGHTING Lighting service H Dominican Republic 1981
DO2002A_LIGHT Type of lighting H Dominican Republic 2002
DO2010A_LIGHT Type of lighting H Dominican Republic 2010
EC1962A_LIGHTING Electric lighting H Ecuador 1962
EC1974A_ELECT Electricity source H Ecuador 1974
EC1982A_ELECTRIC Electrical service H Ecuador 1982
EC1990A_ELECTRIC Electricity for dwelling H Ecuador 1990
EC2001A_ELECTRIC Electrical service H Ecuador 2001
EC2010A_LIGHT Primary source for electricity for the dwelling H Ecuador 2010
EG1986A_LIGHT Main type of lighting H Egypt 1986
EG1996A_LIGHT Main type of lighting H Egypt 1996
EG2006A_LIGHTING Lighting H Egypt 2006
SV1992A_LIGHT Lighting type H El Salvador 1992
SV2007A_LIGHT Type of lighting H El Salvador 2007
ET1984A_LIGHT Lighting H Ethiopia 1984
ET1994A_LIGHTU Type of lighting (urban households) H Ethiopia 1994
FJ1986A_ELECT Does the household have electricity? H Fiji 1986
FJ1996A_ELECT Electricity H Fiji 1996
FJ2007A_ELECTRIC Main electricity supply H Fiji 2007
FJ2014A_ELECT Electricity supply H Fiji 2014
FR1968A_ELECTRIC Electrical supply for the building H France 1968
GH2000A_LIGHT Lighting H Ghana 2000
GH2010A_LIGHT Main source of lighting H Ghana 2010
GR1971A_ELECT Electricity H Greece 1971
GR1981A_ELECT Electricity H Greece 1981
GR1991A_ELECT Electricity H Greece 1991
GR2001A_ELECT Electricity H Greece 2001
GT1964A_LIGHT Lighting H Guatemala 1964
GT1981A_ELECT Connected to electric system H Guatemala 1981
GT1981A_LIGHT Lighting H Guatemala 1981
GT1994A_ELECT Connected electricity system H Guatemala 1994
GT1994A_LIGHT Lighting service H Guatemala 1994
GT2002A_LIGHT Lighting service H Guatemala 2002
GN1983A_LIGHT Type of lighting H Guinea 1983
GN1996A_LIGHT Lighting type H Guinea 1996
HT1971A_LIGHT Lighting source H Haiti 1971
HT2003A_ELECT Type of lighting, electricity H Haiti 2003
HN1961A_LIGHT Sources of lighting H Honduras 1961
HN1988A_LIGHT Principal source of lighting used by the dwelling H Honduras 1988
HN2001A_LIGHT Principal source of lighting used by the dwelling H Honduras 2001
HU1980A_ELECT Electricity H Hungary 1980
ID1971A_LIGHT Lighting source H Indonesia 1971
ID1976A_LIGHT Main source of lighting H Indonesia 1976
ID1980A_LIGHTING Type of lighting H Indonesia 1980
ID1985A_LIGHTING Type of energy used for lighting H Indonesia 1985
ID1990A_LIGHTING Type of lighting H Indonesia 1990
ID1995A_LIGHTING Type of lighting H Indonesia 1995
ID2005A_LIGHT Lighting H Indonesia 2005
ID2010A_LIGHT Lighting source H Indonesia 2010
IR2006A_ELECTRIC Electricity H Iran 2006
IQ1997A_ELECT Electricity H Iraq 1997
IE1971A_ELECTRIC Electricity supply H Ireland 1971
IL1972A_ELECT Electricity H Israel 1972
JM1982A_LIGHT Type of lighting H Jamaica 1982
JM1991A_LIGHTING Type of lighting H Jamaica 1991
JM2001A_LIGHTING Source of lighting H Jamaica 2001
JO2004A_LITSRC Source of lighting H Jordan 2004
KE1989A_LIGHT Light H Kenya 1989
KE1999A_LIGHTING Lighting type H Kenya 1999
KE2009A_LIGHT Lighting fuel H Kenya 2009
KG1999A_ELECT Electricity H Kyrgyzstan 1999
LA1995A_ELECT Electricity H Laos 1995
LA2005A_ELECT Electricity source H Laos 2005
LA2015A_ELECT Electicity H Laos 2015
LS1996A_LIGHT Fuel for lighting H Lesotho 1996
LS2006A_LIGHT Source of lighting H Lesotho 2006
LR2008A_LIGHT Main source of fuel for lighting H Liberia 2008
MW1998A_LIGHT1 Lighting of 1st dwelling H Malawi 1998
MW2008A_LIGHTING Main source of energy for lighting H Malawi 2008
MY1991A_LIGHT Lighting H Malaysia 1991
MY2000A_ELECT Electricity supply H Malaysia 2000
ML1987A_LIGHT Type of lighting H Mali 1987
ML1998A_LIGHT Type of lighting H Mali 1998
ML2009A_LIGHT Main method of lighting H Mali 2009
MX1970A_ELECTRIC Electricity H Mexico 1970
MX1990A_ELECTRIC Electricity H Mexico 1990
MX1995A_ELECT Electricity H Mexico 1995
MX2000A_ELECT Electricity H Mexico 2000
MX2005A_ELECT Availability of electricity H Mexico 2005
MX2010A_ELECTRIC Electricity H Mexico 2010
MX2015A_ELECT Electricity in the dwelling H Mexico 2015
MX2015A_SOLAR Solar panel for obtaining electricity H Mexico 2015
MX2020A_ELECT Electricity H Mexico 2020
MX2020A_SOLAR Solar panels (electricity) H Mexico 2020
MN1989A_ELECT Electricity H Mongolia 1989
MN1989A_GOVELECT Has electricity (government-owned gers) H Mongolia 1989
MN1989A_AGRELECT Has electricity (cooperative-owned gers) H Mongolia 1989
MN1989A_PRIELECT Electricity (private-owned gers) H Mongolia 1989
MN1989A_OTRELECT Has electricity (otriin gers) H Mongolia 1989
MN2000A_ELECT Electricity H Mongolia 2000
MA1982A_ELECT Electricity H Morocco 1982
MA1994A_ELECT Electricity H Morocco 1994
MA2004A_ELECT Electricity (utilization) H Morocco 2004
MA2014A_LIGHT Lighting method H Morocco 2014
MZ1997A_ELECTRC Electricity H Mozambique 1997
MZ2007A_LIGHT Source of lighting H Mozambique 2007
MM2014A_LIGHT Lighting H Myanmar 2014
NP2001A_LIGHTING Main fuel used for lighting H Nepal 2001
NP2011A_LIGHT Usual source of lighting H Nepal 2011
NI1971A_LIGHTING Lighting H Nicaragua 1971
NI1995A_LIGHTING Lighting service H Nicaragua 1995
NI2005A_LIGHTING Type of lighting H Nicaragua 2005
PK1998A_LIGHT Source of light H Pakistan 1998
PS1997A_ELECT Electricity connection H Palestine 1997
PS2007A_ELECTRIC Connection to electricity network H Palestine 2007
PA1990A_LIGHT Lighting H Panama 1990
PA2000A_LIGHT Type of lighting H Panama 2000
PA2010A_LIGHT Type of lighting H Panama 2010
PG1990A_LIGHT Light source H Papua New Guinea 1990
PY1972A_LIGHT Electric lighting H Paraguay 1972
PY1982A_LIGHT1 Electric lighting H Paraguay 1982
PY1992A_LIGHT Type of lighting H Paraguay 1992
PY2002A_LIGHT Electric lighting H Paraguay 2002
PE1993A_LIGHT Electric lighting H Peru 1993
PE2007A_LIGHTING Electricity from the public network H Peru 2007
PE2017A_ELECT Dwelling receives electricity from public network H Peru 2017
PH1990A_LIGHT Type of lighting used H Philippines 1990
PH2000A_FUELL Fuel for lighting H Philippines 2000
PH2010A_LIGHT Fuel for lighting H Philippines 2010
PT1981A_ELECT Electricity H Portugal 1981
PT1991A_ELECT Electricity H Portugal 1991
PT2001A_ELECT Electricity H Portugal 2001
PR1970A_ELECTRPR Electric lighting H Puerto Rico 1970
PR1980A_ELECTRPR Electric lighting H Puerto Rico 1980
RO1977A_ELECT Electrical installation, dwelling H Romania 1977
RO1992A_ELECTRIC Electrical installation H Romania 1992
RO2002A_ELECT Electrical installation H Romania 2002
RO2011A_ELECT Electricity H Romania 2011
RW1991A_LIGHT Type of lighting H Rwanda 1991
RW2002A_LIGHT Type of lighting H Rwanda 2002
RW2012A_LIGHT Source of lighting H Rwanda 2012
LC1980A_LIGHT Type of lighting H Saint Lucia 1980
LC1991A_LIGHT Type of lighting H Saint Lucia 1991
SN1988A_LIGHT Type of lighting H Senegal 1988
SN2002A_LIGHT Main type of lighting H Senegal 2002
SN2013A_LIGHT Main type of lighting H Senegal 2013
SL2004A_LIGHT Source of lighting H Sierra Leone 2004
SL2015A_LIGHT Source of lighting H Sierra Leone 2015
ZA1996A_FUELLIGH Fuel used for lighting H South Africa 1996
ZA2001A_FUELLT Source of lighting H South Africa 2001
ZA2007A_LIGHTFUE Energy or fuel for lighting H South Africa 2007
ZA2011A_FUELLGHT Fuel for lighting H South Africa 2011
ZA2016A_ELECTSRC Access to electricity H South Africa 2016
SS2008A_LIGHTING Source of lighting H South Sudan 2008
ES1991A_ELECT Electrical energy H Spain 1991
SD2008A_LIGHTING Source of lighting H Sudan 2008
SR2012A_LIGHT Lighting H Suriname 2012
TZ1988A_ELECT Have electricity H Tanzania 1988
TZ2002A_ELECTRIC Electricity H Tanzania 2002
TZ2012A_LIGHTELEC Electricity for lighting H Tanzania 2012
TH1970A_LIGHTING Lighting H Thailand 1970
TH1980A_LIGHT Type of lighting H Thailand 1980
TH1990A_LIGHTING Type of lighting H Thailand 1990
TG1960A_ELECT Electric lighting H Togo 1960
TG2010A_LIGHT Principal lighting mode H Togo 2010
TT1980A_LIGHT Type of light H Trinidad and Tobago 1980
TT1990A_LIGHT Electric lights H Trinidad and Tobago 1990
TT2000A_LIGHT Main type of lighting H Trinidad and Tobago 2000
TT2011A_LIGHT Type of lighting H Trinidad and Tobago 2011
UG1991A_FUELL Fuel for lighting H Uganda 1991
UG2002A_FUELL Lighting fuel H Uganda 2002
UG2014A_LIGHT Main energy source for lighting H Uganda 2014
UY1963A_LIGHT Lighting source H Uruguay 1963
UY1975A_LIGHT Lighting source H Uruguay 1975
UY1985A_ELECTUTE Electric lighting from public utility H Uruguay 1985
UY1985A_ELECTGRP Electric lighting from own generator H Uruguay 1985
UY1985A_ELECTOTH Other electric source H Uruguay 1985
UY1996A_ELECPUB Electric lighting from U.T.E. (public utility) H Uruguay 1996
UY1996A_ELECCHG Electric lighting from battery charger H Uruguay 1996
UY1996A_ELECGEN Electric lighting from generator H Uruguay 1996
UY1996A_ELECOTH Electric lighting from other electric source H Uruguay 1996
UY2006A_LIGHT Lighting source H Uruguay 2006
UY2011A_ELECTRC Electricity source H Uruguay 2011
VE1971A_LIGHT Type of lighting used H Venezuela 1971
VE1981A_LIGHTING Type of lighting H Venezuela 1981
VE1990A_ELECTRIC Electric service H Venezuela 1990
VE2001A_ELECT Electrical service H Venezuela 2001
VN1989A_ELECTRIC Electricity for lighting H Vietnam 1989
VN1999A_ELECTRIC Have electricity H Vietnam 1999
VN2009A_LIGHT Fuel using for lighting H Vietnam 2009
VN2019A_LIGHT Fuel used for lighting H Vietnam 2019
ZM1990A_LIGHT Main source of energy for lighting H Zambia 1990
ZM2000A_ELECTRIC Electricity H Zambia 2000
ZM2010A_ELECTRC Main source of energy for lighting H Zambia 2010
ZW2012A_ELECT Electricity H Zimbabwe 2012