I. Characteristics of the housing unit

8. Fuel: Is the fuel most used for cooking:

15. Extended questionnaire
This section of the questionnaire contains the questions you must apply in the households you have registered as: Single house on the land, house sharing land with other(s); duplex house; apartment in a building; housing unit in neighborhood or tenement and housing unit in the rooftop room of a building. That is, with classes 1 to 6 of private housing unit class.

8. Fuel
This question identifies the fuel most frequently used for cooking or heating food in the household.

Read the question mentioning each option and when you get an affirmative answer, select the corresponding code.

Firewood or charcoal also includes the combustion of sticks, shavings, and various woods.

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The second option refers to natural gas distributed in cylinders, discharged into stationary tanks, or natural gas that is piped to homes.

If the residents of the housing unit cook primarily on grills, electric stoves, electric ovens, or microwaves, register the option for electricity.

In case they answer that they cook with another fuel, mark code 4. This can be: oil, solid alcohol, manure, and even garbage.

The following image shows the aforementioned fuels:

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If the household cooks with two or more fuels, ask for the one they use the most. 
The respondent should determine this.

If the answer is They do not cook because they buy, receive food as a gift or always eat outside the housing unit, select option 5.

If the answer is option 1, firewood or charcoal, continue with question 9. Fireplace with chimney. For another answer, go to the question

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The question fuel is presented in the census manager as follows:

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